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Image Not Available for Axe - "used for cultivating work; bill hook, slasher" Leon Siroto, 1978
Axe - "used for cultivating work; bill hook, slasher" Leon Siroto, 1978
Image Not Available for Axe - "used for cultivating work; bill hook, slasher" Leon Siroto, 1978
Object Number 28-11-50/B4407
Display Title Axe - "used for cultivating work; bill hook, slasher" Leon Siroto, 1978
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mgogo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Langanyika Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Dodoma

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