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Knife for extracting chigoes, bleeding, and basket work - short, scalpel type ("
Knife for extracting chigoes, bleeding, and basket work - short, scalpel type ("
Object Number 39-39-50/4487
Display Title Knife for extracting chigoes, bleeding, and basket work - short, scalpel type ("
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ruhindu
Object Description Knife for extracting chigoes, bleeding, and basket work - short, scalpel type ("ruhindu")
Inventory Description Knife, iron blade, iron extension, missing grip
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 1.8 x 0.5 cm (5 1/8 x 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4487

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