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Object Number
16-43-50/B1503
Display Title
Ebere (ceremonial sword)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Ebere
Inventory Description
Sword, iron blade, bulbous and broken tip, perforated with loop guard
Classification
- Sword
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 91.5 x 22.7 x 18.3 cm (36 x 8 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
16-43-50/B1503
Provenance
Collector
British Punitive Force
(1897)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(1916)
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