Zande throwing knife of iron with 3 blades - an heirloom in mberidi family – Objects

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Object Number 40-24-50/4958

Display Title Zande throwing knife of iron with 3 blades - an heirloom in mberidi family

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife, flat iron, central stem with three blades

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Mberidi

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Abu Satta Hills-north of Tambura

Materials Iron

Dimensions Overall: 41 x 35 x 0.3 cm (16 1/8 x 13 3/4 x 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 40-24-50/4958

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