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Cutlass with wooden handle - originally used as both garden tool implement of wa
Cutlass with wooden handle - originally used as both garden tool implement of wa
Object Number 37-32-50/2482
Display Title Cutlass with wooden handle - originally used as both garden tool implement of wa
Descriptions
Object Description Cutlass with wooden handle - originally used as both garden tool implement of war
Inventory Description Knife, flat iron blade, flared and pointed, inserted into carved wood handle
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Forest Tribe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern: Ebolowa, region around
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 58.5 x 7 x 2.7 cm (23 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-32-50/2482

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