- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Knife blade, single edged with a fuller on either side and two holes through the tang for attaching a handle. [SM 12/06/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Ashanti Obuasi
- Cultural groups
- Asante
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 10/03/1922
- Date collected
- 10 March 1922
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1922
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Perforated, Process Grooved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 351 mm, Width: max 42 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1922.44.8
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