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Bill hooks
Object Number 99-12-50/52925
Display Title Bill hooks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, bill hook, curved iron blade with hooked end, long wood handle
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 61 x 6 x 3.8 cm (24 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52925
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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