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Object Number
30-32-50/B4510
Display Title
Razor (luembe)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, rectangular iron blade, chipped one end
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mwaya
- Wanyakusa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
/
Mwaya
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika Territory
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 9.9 x 3.6 x 0.2 cm (3 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B4510
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