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Grass knife, "hassasah"
Grass knife, "hassasah"
Object Number 14-12-50/85514
Display Title Grass knife, "hassasah"
Descriptions
Object Description Grass knife, "hassasah"
Inventory Description Wood crook, fibrous ring, worn base, cracked, 1 piece flat wood, pointed 1 end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gamoz?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 46.4 x 12.1 x 5 cm (18 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 14-12-50/85514/ 49/ Hashasha

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