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Object Number 34-91-50/494
Display Title 2 billhooks with iron blades
Descriptions
Object Description Billhooks with iron blades and 1 rake
Inventory Description Billhook, long wooden handle with curved s-shaped iron blade, flat.
Classification
  • Billhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamite
  • Tereki
  • Maragoli
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 70 x 4.5 x 3 cm (27 9/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/494

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