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Wooden dancing knife
Object Number 17-41-50/B1823
Display Title Wooden dancing knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sword, carved wood, paddle-shaped blade, carved handle, chipped and abraded
Classification
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 59 x 7.1 x 3.5 cm (23 1/4 x 2 13/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B1823

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