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Object Number 51-40-60/9840
Display Title Game skinning knife - metal blade, wooden handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, carved wood handle, steel base, short steel blade, curved cutting edge
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gurkha
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Bihar / <County> / Ramgarh
Asia / India / Orissa
Additional Geographic Terms Ramgarh; Ranchi, about 30 mi. from the Ursaline Convent in
Materials Wood, Steel
Dimensions Overall: 10.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm (4 3/16 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-40-60/9840

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