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Object Number
37-126-50/3273
Display Title
Ebien ya. Old style iron bush cutter or cutlass
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
ebien ya
Inventory Description
Knife, carved wood handle, rectangular iron blade, flared end, ridged, blackened
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yaounde
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa: Cameroon, southern
Materials
Iron, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 44.5 x 11 x 4.4 cm (17 1/2 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-126-50/3273
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Knife
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Cameroon
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| 37-77-50/2931 | Iron cutlass for farm work |
Knife
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Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2600 | Iron cutlass used for farm work |
Knife
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Liberia
| |
| 37-32-50/2482 | Cutlass with wooden handle - originally used as both garden tool implement of wa |
Knife
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Cameroon
| |
| 37-77-50/2932 | Iron cutlass of type carried by chief |
Knife
|
Liberia
| |
| 30-36-50/B4797 | Scepter or cutlass |
Knife
|
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/3075 | Remains of old cutlass |
Blade
|
Liberia
| |
| 39-39-50/4395 | Iron tip for hoe, very small ("chuma ya nkondo") |
Tools
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Nyaruanda
| |
| 39-39-50/4394 | Iron tip for hoe ("chuma ya nkondo") |
Tools
|
Nyaruanda
| |
| 39-39-50/4392 | Large iron tip for hoe ("chuma ya nkondo") |
Tools
|
Nyaruanda
| |
| 39-39-50/4396 | Iron tip for hoe, very small ("chuma ya nkondo") |
Tools
|
Nyaruanda
| |
| 39-39-50/4393 | Broken iron tip for hoe ("chuma ya nkondo") |
Tools
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Nyaruanda
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