Iron implement for cutting brush (wooden handle) - beb – Objects

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Object Number 37-126-50/3245

Display Title Iron implement for cutting brush (wooden handle) - beb

Descriptions

Indigenous Term beb

Inventory Description Knife, rounded, flat, iron blade, tapered to point, inserted into wood handle

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Mekei

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Cameroon, southern central

Materials Wood, Iron

Dimensions Overall: 35.5 x 12.5 x 3.9 cm (14 x 4 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-126-50/3245

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	37-126-50/3246	Iron implement for cutting brush (wooden handle) - beb	Knife	Cameroon
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	39-39-50/4480	Knife, scalpel type - iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and skinning	Knife	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/3876	Small knife, iron blade, wooden handle, mbako	Knife	Uganda
	37-126-50/3258	Iron circumcision knife with wooden handle - kongu	Knife	Cameroon
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Image Not Available for Small knife, iron blade, wooden handle with iron strip wound around it (mbako)	39-39-50/3883	Small knife, iron blade, wooden handle with iron strip wound around it (mbako)	Knife	Uganda
	39-39-50/4484	Knife, scalpel type - iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and skinning	Knife	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/4482	Knife, scalpel type - iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and skinning	Knife	Nyaruanda

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