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Object Number 51-10-50/8760
Display Title Dagger, skin sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description Iron dagger, grooved, 2 tone wood handle, stamped/dyed hide/croc skin sheath, lo
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Dimensions Overall: 30.9 x 6.2 x 2.9 cm (12 3/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 51-10-50/8760

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