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Object Number 39-39-50/4473
Display Title Knife - rough hewn wooden handle, straight iron blade ("indiga")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term indiga
Inventory Description Knife, steel blade, crude wooden handle
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 29.5 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm (11 5/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4473

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