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Object Number
17-41-50/B1678
Display Title
Tatooing chisel and tooth cutter
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, iron bar, flared and flattened to edge one end, tapered stem with looped
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bangabu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 14.5 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm (5 11/16 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-41-50/B1678
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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|
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| |
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Sudan
| |
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|
Marshall Islands
|