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Object Number 29-76-50/H1157
Display Title Brass handled sword
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sword, iron blade, brass grip with coiled design, hide covered wood scabbard
Classification
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 67 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm (26 3/8 x 2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 29-76-50/H1157

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