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Object Number 17-41-50/B1691
Display Title Epillation knife ?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knives, one, diamond shaped blade, central tapered stem, one ovate blade
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ababua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 12.6 x 1.7 x 0.2 cm (4 15/16 x 11/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 17-41-50/B1691, (400)

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