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Object Number 37-126-50/3264
Display Title Long iron blade with wooden handle - use uncertain - ntonga
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ntonga
Inventory Description Sword, iron blade, flared, carved wood grip
Classification
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Cameroon, southern
Materials Iron, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 64.5 x 7.5 x 2.8 cm (25 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-126-50/3264

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