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Object Number
21-28-50/B2872
Display Title
Hair pins or knives
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, elongated ovate blade, grooved, twisted, tapered stem, one with disk
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Babudu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 15.4 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm (6 1/16 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
21-28-50/B2872
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