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Object Number
22-2-50/B3411
Display Title
Knife for tattooing, making incisions
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, small cylindrical metal blade, end flattened inserted into wood peg
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Wood, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 11.7 x 1.1 x 1 cm (4 5/8 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
22-2-50/B3411
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