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Object Number 25-24-50/B3813
Display Title Pliers used in making chain
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pliers, hinged blades, long extended handle
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wakamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya
Additional Geographic Terms Tana, South of upper
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 26.2 x 5 x 1.3 cm (10 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3813

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