Iron throwing implement for warfare

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Object Number 37-126-50/3241

Display Title Iron throwing implement for warfare

Descriptions

Inventory Description Throwing knife, straight iron bar, multiple extensions, incised and painted

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Laka

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa; Cameroon, north

Materials Iron, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 58.2 x 18.8 x 0.6 cm (22 15/16 x 7 3/8 x 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-126-50/3241

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