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Object Number 30-65-50/H1425.1
Display Title Throwing knives
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, flat iron blade, multiple angles, fiber wrapped grip
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mangaiat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Sudan
Additional Geographic Terms Bahr al Ghazal, West; Mangaiat Hills; Raga, W of; Nile-Congo watershed, near
Materials Iron, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 43 x 28 x 0.8 cm (16 15/16 x 11 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
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