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Object Number 31-33-60/D3856
Display Title Magic dagger (phurbu)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dagger, bronze, three-sided blade, three-headed anthropomorphic handle
Classification
  • Dagger
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Tibet
Materials Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 15.8 x 8.1 x 2.7 cm (6 1/4 x 3 3/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3856

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