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Object Number
30-65-50/H1432
Display Title
Blacksmith's tongs
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pliers, iron, long handle shafts, pounded nail pivot, incurved clamp end slight
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kreish
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Sudan
/
Bahr al Ghazal
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Miama
Additional Geographic Terms
Bahr al Ghazal, West; Divide Hills southwest of Kafia Kinqi
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 2.1 x 2.3 cm (14 9/16 x 13/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30-65-50/H-1432
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