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Currency, small knife
Object Number 2000.29.45
Display Title Currency, small knife
Descriptions
Object Description Currency; small knife?
Inventory Description Knife, triangular, flat blade, short stem, curled at end, incise linear design
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kuba?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo?
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 2.75 x 0.75 cm (4 3/4 x 1 1/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.45
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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