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Woman's knife
Object Number 30-65-50/H1437
Display Title Woman's knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, iron blade, double-edged, serrated at base, flat tip, incised, brass wire
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Belanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Bahr al Ghazal
Additional Geographic Terms Bahr al Ghazal, West; Deim Zebair
Materials Iron, Wood, Brass
Dimensions Overall: 23.1 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm (9 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-65-50/H1437

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