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Object Number
11-46-50/83117
Display Title
Mat needles and sheaths
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Awls, carved wooden handles with long tapered metal blades, bamboo sheaths
Classification
- Raw Material
- Awl
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Materials
Wood, Metal, Bamboo
Dimensions
Overall: 52 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm (20 1/2 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
83117
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