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Old style iron bush cutter or cutlass - ebien ya
Old style iron bush cutter or cutlass - ebien ya
Object Number 37-126-50/3273
Display Title Old style iron bush cutter or cutlass - ebien ya
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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