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Object Number
39-39-50/3883
Display Title
Small knife, iron blade, wooden handle with iron strip wound around it (mbako)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
mbako
Inventory Description
Knife, iron blade, tapered to point on end, incised 3R in partial triangular shape, wooden handle, wrapped in metal, dome shaped end
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms
Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials
Iron Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 5.4 × 29 × 4 cm (2 1/8 × 11 7/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-39-50/3883; ED/P 1-2-50/145
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