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Knife and wooden sheath
Object Number 14-29-70/85792
Display Title Knife and wooden sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, bolo, curved iron blade, wood grip, wrapped with fiber, wood scabbard, ti
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Moro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Mindanao
Materials Iron, Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 51.5 x 6.2 x 2.9 cm (20 1/4 x 2 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85792
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1914)

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