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Object Number 23-33-50/B3524
Display Title Knives
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knives, straight iron blades, iron grips, incised, with scrolled ends
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 18.5 x 2.6 x 0.3 cm (7 5/16 x 1 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object B3524
Provenance
Collector William C. Bell (before 1923)

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