Small iron knife with nail head handle, mbako

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Object Number 39-39-50/3879

Display Title Small iron knife with nail head handle, mbako

Descriptions

Indigenous Term mbako

Inventory Description Knife, small, curved iron blade with iron nail handle

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bwamba

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Uganda

Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of

Materials Iron

Dimensions Overall: 14.8 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm (5 13/16 x 11/16 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 39-39-50/3879

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