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Object Number 15-28-50/B636
Display Title "Beheading knife"
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, flat, curved blade, incised, serrated on one edge, arrow protrusion near
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Aruwimi Basin
Materials Iron, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 81.5 x 11.3 x 4 cm (32 1/16 x 4 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B636

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