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Object Number 17-41-50/B1686
Display Title Razor or tatooing chisel
Descriptions
Object Description Razor
Inventory Description Knife, triangular blade, central stem, tapered to point
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tapoke
  • Mongo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 13.1 x 2.1 x 0.3 cm (5 3/16 x 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B1686, (517)

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