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Object Number 17-41-50/B1692
Display Title Epillation knife ?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knives, diamond-shaped iron blades, long tapered stem
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ababua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 11.8 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm (4 5/8 x 9/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 17-41-50/B1692; 503

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