Iron circumcision knife with wooden handle - kongu – Objects

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Object Number 37-126-50/3257

Display Title Iron circumcision knife with wooden handle - kongu

Descriptions

Indigenous Term kongu

Inventory Description Knife, iron blade, triangular with curved cutting edge, carved wood grip

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bangunda?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Cameroon, extreme Southeast

Materials Iron, Wood, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 39.3 x 10 x 2.9 cm (15 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-126-50/3257

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	37-126-50/3258	Iron circumcision knife with wooden handle - kongu	Knife	Cameroon
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	39-32-50/3425	Iron circumcision knife in wooden case (himbala hi likwe)	Knife	Cameroon
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	39-39-50/3876	Small knife, iron blade, wooden handle, mbako	Knife	Uganda
	39-39-50/4484	Knife, scalpel type - iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and skinning	Knife	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/4482	Knife, scalpel type - iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and skinning	Knife	Nyaruanda
	34-34-50/273	Circumcision knife from women's bush school (iron)	Knife	Liberia
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Image Not Available for Small knife, iron blade, wooden handle with iron strip wound around it (mbako)	39-39-50/3883	Small knife, iron blade, wooden handle with iron strip wound around it (mbako)	Knife	Uganda

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