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Currency, throwing knife
Currency, throwing knife
Object Number 2000.29.7
Display Title Currency, throwing knife
Descriptions
Object Description Throwing knife, club-knife, or saber with wooden handle; currency
Inventory Description Knife, throwing, iron blade, curved and barbed at top, carved wood grip
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bumali?
  • Njem?
  • Gbaya?
  • Yangere?
  • Hausa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Africa / Nigeria
Africa / Central African Republic
Africa / Sudan
Materials Iron, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 49.5 x 14 x 3 cm (19 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.7
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD and Jane Hughes
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)
Donor Jane Hughes (12/10/2000)

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