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Object Number
2011.19.8.1
Display Title
Sword; steel and wood
Descriptions
Object Description
Sword; discolored steel blade with raised ridge down the middle of each side, dark wooden handle, handle narrows then forms a cone, 4 small holes at base of handle 2 holes filled with dirt
Classification
- Sword
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1965 or earlier
Culture
- Lele
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Materials
Steel Wood
Dimensions
Other: 72.4 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm (28 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.8.1
Credit Line
Gift of André J. Navez, Harvard '55
Provenance
Collector
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
Donor
Donated by
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
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