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Knife, large scalpel type
Knife, large scalpel type
Object Number 2017.19.1
Display Title Knife, large scalpel type
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ruhindu
Inventory Description Knife, scalpel shape, for extracting chigoes, bleeding, and basket work
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 1.9 × 26.2 × 0.5 cm (3/4 × 10 5/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.19.1, 39-39-50/4488
Credit Line Gift of Boston Children's Museum
Provenance
Owner Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (5/5/1939-4/1978)
Collector Dr. Arthur K. Loveridge (1938-1939)
Donor Donated by Boston Children's Museum (4/1978-11/26/2017)

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