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Object Number 48-58-70/3022

Display Title Blakas - gold and silver cremation knife with wooden handle used to +

Descriptions

Indigenous Term Blakas

Inventory Description Knife, wood handle, rectangular blade, incised figurative designs, openwork

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Indonesia / Lesser Sunda Islands / Bali / <City> / Koesambe

Materials Silver?, Steel, Gold?, Brass, Wood

Dimensions Overall: 50 x 9.8 x 3 cm (19 11/16 x 3 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 48-58-70/3022

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