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Object Number 988-18-50/12482
Display Title Sword with scabbard
Descriptions
Object Description Sword with scabbard
Inventory Description Sword and sheath, metal blade, leather covered sheath, brass tacks on handle.
Classification
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Baulé
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Dimensions Overall: 51.7 x 5.6 x 3.3 cm (20 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-18-50/12482
Provenance
Provenance Abdourahamane Mounkaila (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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