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Small knife
Object Number 33-55-50/146
Display Title Small knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, curved iron blade, wood grip with metal tip, coiled wire, painted white
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Iron, Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm (8 11/16 x 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-55-50/146
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1933)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1933)

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