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Object Number
2000.29.48
Display Title
Currency, metal knife
Descriptions
Object Description
Currency; metal knife?
Inventory Description
Knife, triangular blade, flat, central stem, spiral end
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kuba?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo?
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 6.3 x 0.5 cm (6 5/16 x 2 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.29.48
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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