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Object Number 17-41-50/B1675
Display Title Razor
Descriptions
Object Description Razor or small knife
Inventory Description Razor, metal, wide paddle-shaped blade on one end, thin blade on other end
Classification
  • Razor
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bakutshu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 11.6 x 2.9 x 0.2 cm (4 9/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B1675; (519); BANKUTSHU

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