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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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