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Object Number
34-91-50/389
Display Title
Large knife with iron blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, carved wood handle, double edged iron blade, grooved
Classification
- Knife
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
Wood, Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm (13 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34-91-50/389
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