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Object Number 17-41-50/B1760
Display Title Ivory knife
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory knife
Inventory Description Knife, grooved and tapered handle, striated, blue pigment, flat blade
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 21.3 x 2.8 x 0.5 cm (8 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B.1760

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