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Carved ebony knife
Object Number 50-58-70/3220
Display Title Carved ebony knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, carved wood, incised handle with seated human figure, pipe at end
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Massim
Additional Geographic Terms Trobriand Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm (14 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50-58-70/3220

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