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Metal knife
Object Number 58-18-50/10172
Display Title Metal knife
Descriptions
Object Description Metal Knife. Recorded on Dealer's list as Congo Knife
Inventory Description Knife, curved steel blade, central ridge, polished wood grip wrapped with steel
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia?
Africa / Congo?
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood, Steel
Dimensions Overall: 41.9 x 7.5 x 3.2 cm (16 1/2 x 2 15/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-18-50/10172; .305
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (December 5, 1910)
Dealer W. D. Webster
Donor Donated by Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (April 1958)

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