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AF351A

From: Kenya | Mombasa

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF351A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Swahili
Provenience Kenya | Mombasa
Section African
Materials Bamboo | Iron
Description

Thin reed shaft with burnt decoration at butt; 2 feathers; small leaf-shaped metal head wrapped on most of the arrows with plant cuticle.

Length 67 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Dr. William A. Bowen, 1909

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