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Object Number 17-41-50/B1847
Display Title Heavy knife in scabbard
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, double edged blade, wood grip with hide, brass, sewn hide, wood sheath
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 63 x 12 x 6.5 cm (24 13/16 x 4 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1847
Provenance
Collector Henri Pareyn
Dealer William O. Oldman (ca. 1917 - 1917)
Donor Mrs. George P. Howe (1917)
Donor Prof. A. C. Coolidge (1917)
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1917)

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