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Ivory knife
Object Number 17-41-50/B1759
Display Title Ivory knife
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory knife
Inventory Description Knife, curved and pointed handle, flat blade, traces of blue pigment
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Ivory, Pigment, Elephant ivory
Dimensions Overall: 20.7 x 2.6 x 0.5 cm (8 1/8 x 1 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B.1759.

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