Hunting knife

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Object Number 2000.30.18.2

Display Title Hunting knife

Descriptions

Object Description Man's hunting knife

Inventory Description Knife, metal blade, wavy, corroded, carved wood handle, incised design

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Botswana

Additional Geographic Terms Kalahari Desert; Africa, Southern

Materials Wood, Metal, Leather

Dimensions Overall: 34.5 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm (13 9/16 x 1 11/16 x 1 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2000.30.18.2

Credit Line Gift of DeVore family

Provenance

Collector Irven DeVore (1964 - 12/19/00)

Donor Irven DeVore (1964 - 12/19/00)

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