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Knife-like implement
Object Number 99-12-50/53249
Display Title Knife-like implement
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, handle of carved rounds with central grip, iron blade, cutout shapes
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Asante
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Dahomey
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 49.5 x 10 x 6.2 cm (19 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53249
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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