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Object Number 55-48-60/10596
Display Title Steel (?) knife
Descriptions
Object Description Steel (?) knife
Inventory Description Metal, domestic, knives, curved iron blade, incised both sides, flat iron grip
Classification
  • Knife
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 29.3 x 2.6 x 0.4 cm (11 9/16 x 1 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 55-48-60/10596
Provenance
Collector Miss Rosamund Lamb (early 1900s)
Donor Donated by Miss Rosamund Lamb (October 11, 1955)

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