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Object Number 39-112-60/6648
Display Title Carpenter's instrument for bending wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, carved wood, rectangular, two perforations, pointed one end, blunt other
Classification
  • Woodworking
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Timuri
  • Hazara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Afghanistan
Additional Geographic Terms Afghanistan, Central: Hazarajat; Timuri
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 58.5 x 8.4 x 5.3 cm (23 1/16 x 3 5/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-112-60/6648

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