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Wooden knife
Object Number 991-5-50/12360
Display Title Wooden knife
Descriptions
Object Description Knife, wood. With black paint on all edges except for cutting edge.
Inventory Description Wooden knife, carved, handle rectangular in cross-section, brown pigment, rounde
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Inanda seminary
Materials Wood, Pigment, Paint
Dimensions Overall: 25.7 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm (10 1/8 x 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-5-50/12360 & [illegible information]
Provenance
Collector Minnie Carter (1914 - 1959)
Donor Margaret Warner (1959 - 2/21/1991)

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