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Object Number
99-12-50/53241
Display Title
Knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, small metal blade, embedded in wood with rounded ceramic tip.
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials
Wood, Metal, Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 12.1 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (4 3/4 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-50/53241
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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