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Object Number 29-4-50/H772
Display Title Dress knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, curved angled blade, three perforations, circular wood handle, brass
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Azande Abandia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Uele-I-Timbiri District; Bili, near
Dimensions Overall: 32 x 19.7 x 5.2 cm (12 5/8 x 7 3/4 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 29-4-50/H772

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