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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
Materials
Metal, Wood, Vegetable fiber
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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