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Object Number
975-32-50/11871
Display Title
Arm dagger with leather sheath
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Telek
Object Description
Arm dagger ("telek") with small amount of writing or design near top of one side of bade, wooden and metal handle, green, black, red leather sheath with metal tacks and ornamentation.
Inventory Description
Dagger, wood handle with metal accents, stamped colored leather sheath, band
Classification
- Dagger
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Algeria
Additional Geographic Terms
Sahara region
Materials
Metal, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 47.5 x 8.7 x 8.1 cm (18 11/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 3/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
975-32-50/11871
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Lloyd Cabot Briggs, 1975
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 975-32-50/11873 | Arm dagger |
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Algeria
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| 975-32-50/11872 | Arm dagger |
Dagger
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Algeria
| |
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Algeria
| |
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| |
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Dagger
|
Africa
| |
| 56-35-50/9850 | Arm dagger |
Dagger
|
Africa
| |
|
| 975-32-50/11872.1 | Scabbard |
Sheath
|
Algeria
| |
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| |
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