Circumcision knife from men's bush school (iron)

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Object Number 34-34-50/269.1

Display Title Circumcision knife from men's bush school (iron)

Descriptions

Inventory Description Iron knife, small, flat, curved blade, looped end on handle.

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Materials Iron

Dimensions Overall: 15 x 1.3 x 0.2 cm (5 7/8 x 1/2 x 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 34-34-50/269

Provenance

Collector Alfred J. Tulk (1933)

Donor Donated by Alfred J. Tulk (1934)

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