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Object Number 37-126-50/3240
Display Title Iron throwing implement for warfare
Descriptions
Inventory Description Throwing knife, straight, flat, bar, three blade extensions
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Laka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa; Cameroon, north
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 56.1 x 19 x 0.5 cm (22 1/16 x 7 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-126-50/3240

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