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Object Number
2011.19.30
Display Title
Throwing knife
Descriptions
Object Description
Throwing knife; curves in multiple places, one end is shaped into a point, one end is curved to a perpendicular angle, a straight appendage extends from the middle, striations down half of the knife, dark discoloration of the metal
Inventory Description
Throwing knife, flat metal, curved and angled at one end, elongated metal extension in center
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Chad
Materials
Metal
Dimensions
Other: 63.5 x 11.3 x 0.1 cm (25 x 4 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.30
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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