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Object Number 00-20-70/55914
Display Title Sword and scabbard
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sword and sheath, iron blade, carved fanged animal handle, wooden sheath
Classification
  • Sword
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island
Materials Iron, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 77 x 9.4 x 4.7 cm (30 5/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55914

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