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Bill hook with shaft, hango
Bill hook with shaft, hango
Object Number 30-32-50/B4670
Display Title Bill hook with shaft, hango
Descriptions
Inventory Description Billhook, cylindrical wooden handle, curved metal blade inserted at 1 end.
Classification
  • Billhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wahehe
  • Kigogo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Wahehe
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika Territory
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 76 x 7 x 2.5 cm (29 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-32-50/B4670

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