Implement for war - woven leather handle – Objects

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Object Number 37-32-50/2539

Display Title Implement for war - woven leather handle

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife, one long curved blade, one short straight perforated blade, leather handl

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Hausa

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Nigeria

Additional Geographic Terms Nigeria, Northern

Materials Iron, Leather

Dimensions Overall: 66.3 x 11.9 x 1.4 cm (26 1/8 x 4 11/16 x 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-32-50/2539

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