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Object Number
14-9-50/85432
Display Title
Razor and hair pin
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, ovate blade with curved hook, tapered twisted stem, copper wrapped
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Congo Basin
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 9.8 x 1.2 x 0.2 cm (3 7/8 x 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
14-9-50/85432
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| |
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China
| |
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