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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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Pin
|
Congo
| |
|
Media Restricted
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| |
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
| 17-41-50/B1710 | Long ivory pin |
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|
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| |
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|
Congo
| |
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|
Congo
| |
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|
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|