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Wooden knife
Object Number 991-5-50/12362
Display Title Wooden knife
Descriptions
Object Description Knife, wood. Handle carved with white, deep blue (three strands) and red beads (three rows) on either side.
Inventory Description Knife, handle with red, white, and blue glass beads, strung, loop at one end.
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Inanda seminary
Materials Wood, Glass, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 26.1 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-5-50/12362
Provenance
Collector Minnie Carter (1914 - 1959)
Donor Margaret Warner (1959 - 2/21/1991)

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