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Object Number 30-2-50/B4953.1
Display Title Paini, machete and shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sword, iron blade, incised, bulbous forked tip, wood, brass and iron handle
Classification
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bamum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, central
Dimensions Overall: 60.6 x 11.2 x 3.2 cm (23 7/8 x 4 7/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-2-50/B4953.1

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