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Object Number 30-32-50/B4511
Display Title Razor (luketu)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, triangular iron blade with twisted iron grip, pointed tip
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kinga
  • Madehani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Madehani
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika Territory
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 3.5 x 0.6 cm (6 11/16 x 1 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B4511

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