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Object Number 14-9-50/85431
Display Title Knife for raising scars
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, ovate blade, central stem, copper wrapped, rectangular end
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Congo Basin
Materials Copper
Dimensions Overall: 15.3 x 3.1 x 0.3 cm (6 x 1 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-9-50/85431

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