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Metal knife
Object Number 58-18-50/10171
Display Title Metal knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, curved iron blade, incised, carved wooden grip wrapped with brass strips
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bangala
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Iron, Brass, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 42.5 x 13.4 x 5.1 cm (16 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-18-50/10171; 14

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