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Object Number
34-91-50/337
Display Title
Billhook - wooden shaft, iron blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Billhook, cylindrical wooden handle, cracked, leather at base, curved metal blad
Classification
- Billhook
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hamite
- Masai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Uganda
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<County>
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Elgongi
Additional Geographic Terms
Kenya Colony: Mt. Elgon; region of
Materials
Metal, Leather, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 100.5 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm (39 9/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34-91-50/337
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