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Object Number 37-77-50/3052
Display Title Iron war knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, wide curving ridged blade, polished ringed carved wood handle, veg fiber
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kru
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 61 x 23.5 x 5.2 cm (24 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/3052
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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