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Wooden chisel-adze with iron blade for shaping wooden objects - dzjana
Wooden chisel-adze with iron blade for shaping wooden objects - dzjana
Object Number 37-126-50/3227
Display Title Wooden chisel-adze with iron blade for shaping wooden objects - dzjana
Descriptions
Indigenous Term dzjana
Object Description Wooden chisel and 1 wooden chisel-adze with iron blade for shaping wooden objects
Inventory Description Chisel, curved iron fitting for handle, flattened to sqaured blade end
Classification
  • Chisel
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kirde
  • Kridi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa; Cameroon, north
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm (7 11/16 x 2 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-126-50/3227

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