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Object Number 17-41-50/B1685
Display Title Razor or tatooing chisel
Descriptions
Object Description Razor
Inventory Description Knife, rectangular double-edged blade, flared at ends, incised, tapered stem
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mongo
  • Tapoke
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 13.5 x 2.1 x 0.2 cm (5 5/16 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B1685; 515

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