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Object Number
99-12-50/52925.2
Display Title
Bill hooks
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, bill hook, curved iron blade with hooked end, long wood handle
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials
Wood, Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 64.8 x 5 x 3.8 cm (25 1/2 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-50/52925.2
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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