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Small knife in ivory sheath
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Object Number 87-10-50/40891
Display Title Small knife in ivory sheath
Descriptions
Object Description Small knife in ivory sheath. The knife has a short iron blade and an ivory handle with incised linear designs. One side of the blade sheath is ivory with incised linear decoration. The reverse is of wood. The two halves are connected at the tip with a wrapping of an unidentified hair fiber.
Inventory Description Knife, ridged metal blace on ivory shaft, incised ivory and wood scabbard
Classification
  • Knife
  • Shaft, modified
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Mozambique
Additional Geographic Terms East Africa, central: Mongue; Inhambane
Materials Metal, Wood, Fiber, Pigment, Elephant ivory, Iron, Hair
Dimensions Overall: 9.3 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm (3 11/16 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 87-10-50/40891; 40891
Provenance
Collector E. H. Richards (1886)
Donor Donated by Prof. J. H. Thayer

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