Ceremonial Bow and Arrow

Unidentified maker (Western Africa)

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Palm wood, fur (possibly leopard), resin, seed and string

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Michael Brownstein, Class of 1972

171.53.25273

Geography

Place Made: Western Africa, Africa

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by the donor's grandfather in West Africa during World War I, about 1914-1918; Michael Brownstein, Seattle, Washington; given to present collection, 1971.

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