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Object Number 35-50-50/1378
Display Title Ceremonial knife - part of medicine man's equipment - copper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, ovate metal blade, wood handle, incised linear design, blackened base
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Tanganyika
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm (5 1/8 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-50-50/1378

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