Scissors

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Object Number 32-61-50/B5169

Display Title Scissors

Descriptions

Inventory Description Shears, two flat iron bars, looped rings on end, hinged together

Classification

Shears

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Materials Iron

Dimensions Overall: 18.5 x 4.6 x 0.2 cm (7 5/16 x 1 13/16 x 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 32-61-50/B5169

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