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Object Number 36-45-70/338
Display Title Sword with wooden handle, rippled blade and etched metal case
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, serpentine blade, wood handle, sheath covered with incised metal design
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Java
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 48.5 x 19 x 4.8 cm (19 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-45-70/338
Provenance
Collector Dr. Roland Burrage Dixon
Donor Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer

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