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Object Number 37-77-50/2906
Display Title Razor used to make poro marks (iron with wooden handle)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, rectangular carved wood handle, curved iron blade, broken tip
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Ganta, vicinity of
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 18.8 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm (7 3/8 x 1 1/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2906
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (08/30/1937)

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