Wooden dancing knife

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Object Number 17-41-50/B1826

Display Title Wooden dancing knife

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife, carved wood, incised linear decoration, brass tacks on handle

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Congo

Materials Wood, Metal, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 38.7 x 10.4 x 4 cm (15 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 17-41-50/B1826

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