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Object Number 13-21-50/84661
Display Title Grass cutter ?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, carved wooden handle, curved head, rectangular iron blade, chipped.
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Additional Geographic Terms El Garef; Blue Nile
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 40.5 x 14.5 x 3 cm (15 15/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 13-21-50/84661

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