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Object Number
14-9-50/85403
Display Title
Executioner's knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, curved blade, incised design, carved wood grip, wrapped brass strips
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bayansi?
- Balolo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Africa / Zaire
Africa / Zaire
Materials
Wood, Iron, Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 65.4 x 18.7 x 6.3 cm (25 3/4 x 7 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
85403
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