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Object Number 988-18-50/12524
Display Title Circumcision razor
Descriptions
Object Description Circumcision razor
Inventory Description Metal razor, flat, curved blade, looped handle.
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Baule?
  • Guro?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Materials Metal, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 2.2 x 0.2 cm (5 1/2 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-18-50/12524
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (10/87-8/88)
Collector Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)

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