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Bronze poignard - ivory sheath
Bronze poignard - ivory sheath
Object Number 15-12-50/B1301
Display Title Bronze poignard - ivory sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, bronze blade, corroded, flat ivory hilt with square perforation, broken
Classification
  • Knife
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Dongola / <County> / <City> / Kerma
Materials Ivory, Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 42 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm (16 9/16 x 1 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B1301; 134019
Provenance
Collector George A. Reisner (1913)
Expedition Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition (1913)
Lender Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1915)
Donor Donated by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1929)

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