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Object Number 11-46-50/83101
Display Title "Executioner's knife" and sheath
Descriptions
Object Description "Executioner's knife" and sheath"
Inventory Description Knife, metal blade, incised decoration, carved wood with hide and metal handle
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Dimensions Overall: 42.5 x 10.1 x 2.5 cm (16 3/4 x 4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 83101

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