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Knife used for skinning and scraping - large flat iron blade, wooden handle with
Image Not Available for Knife used for skinning and scraping - large flat iron blade, wooden handle with
Object Number 39-39-50/3872
Display Title Knife used for skinning and scraping - large flat iron blade, wooden handle with
Descriptions
Object Description Knife used for skinning and scraping - large flat iron blade, wooden handle with thin iron and copper strips wound around it (mbako)
Inventory Description Knife, flat iron blade, tapered to point, wood handle, cylindrical wrapped in metal, dome shaped end
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Iron Wood
Dimensions Overall: 28 × 5.6 × 3.8 cm (11 × 2 3/16 × 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3872; ED/P 1-2-50/143

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