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War knife, ivory handle
War knife, ivory handle
Object Number 30-65-50/H1202
Display Title War knife, ivory handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, iron blade, curved, perforated, carved ivory grip with human head
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mangbetu
  • Ekibondo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Iron, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 37.4 x 22.3 x 4 cm (14 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-65-50/H1202
Provenance
Collector Frederick R. Wulsin (1928)
Donor Frederick R. Wulsin (1930)

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