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Knife scabbard
Object Number 99-12-50/53251
Display Title Knife scabbard
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sheath, hide w/tan fur balding, loop near rim, braided hide wrapped ball finial
Classification
  • Sheath
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Hide, Organic material
Dimensions Overall: 26.5 x 4.2 x 4.5 cm (10 7/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53251
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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