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Object Number 22-2-50/B3410
Display Title knife with sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, double edged blade inserted into carved wood handle, flat wood sheath
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 32.5 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm (12 13/16 x 1 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B3410

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