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Dagger-like knife with wooden handle and wooden sheath, leather thong to hang fr
Dagger-like knife with wooden handle and wooden sheath, leather thong to hang fr
Object Number 58-43-50/10259
Display Title Dagger-like knife with wooden handle and wooden sheath, leather thong to hang fr
Descriptions
Indigenous Term //kai
Object Description Dagger-like knife with wooden handle and wooden sheath, leather thong to hang from belt (//kai)
Inventory Description Knife, metal blade, carved wooden handle and sheath, leather strap in back
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana
Africa / Namibia
Materials Wood, Metal, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 30.2 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm (11 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-43-50/10259
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition (Spring & Summer 1958)

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