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Knives
Object Number 22-2-50/B2996
Display Title Knives
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, double edged blade, looped handle, punctate linear designs
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bafia Bakwak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, Central South
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 4 x 3.5 cm (8 1/4 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 22-2-50/B2996

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