Falcate knife

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Object Number 16-43-50/B1101

Display Title Falcate knife

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife, curved iron blade, angled, perforated, wood handle, wire wrapped

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Asandeh?
Gondokoro?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Materials Iron, Wood, Brass, Copper

Dimensions Overall: 38 x 18 x 5.3 cm (14 15/16 x 7 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 16-43-50/B1101

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