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LicenseSteel bladed knife
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Steel bladed knife
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Steel bladed knife, possibly used for ceremonial purposes as a sign of office, engraved 1897, of Ganda origin, Ugandan, 1897
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A301614
- Materials:
- steel and handle, wood
- Measurements:
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length 274 mm
height 40 mm
handle: diameter 13 mm
- type:
- ceremonial knife
- credit:
- Church Missionary Society
