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Brass handled, iron bladed knife
Object Number 16-43-50/B1507
Display Title Brass handled, iron bladed knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, curved iron blade, chipped, brass grip
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Iron, Brass
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm (7 1/16 x 1 1/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 16-43-50/B1507
Provenance
Collector British Punitive Force (1897)
Dealer William O. Oldman
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1916)

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