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Object Number
2017.19.2
Display Title
Knife, large scalpel type
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
ruhindu
Inventory Description
Knife, scalpel type, for extracting chigoes, bleeding, and basket work
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 1.3 × 24 × 0.5 cm (1/2 × 9 7/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2017.19.2, 39-39-50/4492
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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