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Knife, rough iron blade, wooden handle with bark
Image Not Available for Knife, rough iron blade, wooden handle with bark
Object Number 2017.19.6
Display Title Knife, rough iron blade, wooden handle with bark
Descriptions
Indigenous Term indiga
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Quantity 1
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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