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Object Number
999-34-50/12871
Display Title
Food chopper
Descriptions
Object Description
Food chopper with stout wooden handle and steel crescent-shaped blade
Inventory Description
Knife, carved cylindrical wood handle, crescent shaped blade inserted
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Date
20th century
Culture
- Dan?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia?
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa?
Materials
Wood, Iron, Steel
Dimensions
Overall: 17.78 x 13.97 x 3.81 cm (7 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
999-34-50/12871
Credit Line
Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD (MPH '73) and Jane C. Hughes ('69)
Provenance
Collector
Mark S. Rapoport
(1993 - 12/12/99)
Donor
Mark S. Rapoport
(1993 - 12/12/99)
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