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Tool with wooden handle, long iron blade - sort of awl.
Tool with wooden handle, long iron blade - sort of awl.
Object Number 37-105-50/3132
Display Title Tool with wooden handle, long iron blade - sort of awl.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term liklaho
Inventory Description Awl, carved wooden handle, long, tapered metal blade.
Classification
  • Awl
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Batswa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Portuguese East Africa: Inhambane, vicinity of
Materials Metal, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 44 x 2 x 2 cm (17 5/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-105-50/3132

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