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Object Number 34-91-50/336
Display Title Billhook - wooden shaft, iron blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Billhook, cylindrical wooden handle, curved metal blade inserted at 1 end.
Classification
  • Billhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamite
  • Masai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda / <State> / <County> / Elgongi
Additional Geographic Terms Kenya Colony: Mt. Elgon; region of
Materials Metal, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 111.5 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm (43 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/336

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