Wooden dancing knife

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Object Number 17-41-50/B1829

Display Title Wooden dancing knife

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife, carved wood, incised, chipped and abraded, dark finish

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Congo

Materials Wood, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 42.5 x 14.3 x 4.6 cm (16 3/4 x 5 5/8 x 1 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B.1829

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