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Object Number 48-58-70/3023
Display Title Blakas - silver cremation knife used to cut the outer sheet and bamboo+
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, silver handle, silver blade inserted, curved on one side, incised designs
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Lesser Sunda Islands / Bali / <City> / Koesambe
Materials Silver
Dimensions Overall: 42.5 x 5.4 x 3.1 cm (16 3/4 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-58-70/3023

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