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Wooden knife
Object Number 991-5-50/12363A
Display Title Wooden knife
Descriptions
Object Description Knife, wood. Decorated with white beading on the handles and bands of green, red and blue beads in decorative patterns
Inventory Description Wooden knife, white, blue, red, green glass beads on handle, loop at end.
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Inanda seminary
Materials Wood, Glass, Thread, Bead
Dimensions Overall: 23.1 x 2.2 x 0.4 cm (9 1/8 x 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-5-50/12363A
Provenance
Collector Minnie Carter (1914 - 1959)
Donor Margaret Warner (1959 - 2/21/1991)

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