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Knife
Object Number 999-34-50/12878
Display Title Knife
Descriptions
Object Description Knife with bulbous wooden haft, iron spatulate blade with incised lines; patina
Inventory Description Knife, double edged, rounded blade, incised, carved wood handle, part broken
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Kuba
  • Kuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo?
Materials Iron, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 35.56 x 10.16 x 5.72 cm (14 x 4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 999-34-50/12878
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD (MPH '73) and Jane C. Hughes ('69)
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (1992 - 12/12/99)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (1992 - 12/12/99)

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