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Currency, throwing knife
Currency, throwing knife
Object Number 2000.29.32
Display Title Currency, throwing knife
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Kul" or "Keul"
Object Description Throwing knife, "Kul" or "Keul"; currency
Inventory Description Knife, flat bar, two extensions, circular ends
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Chad
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 46.5 x 10 x 0.1 cm (18 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.32
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD and Jane Hughes
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)
Donor Jane Hughes (12/10/2000)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)

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