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1937.35.17

Tool for patterning shoes: curved metal blade in wooden handle.

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1937.35.17

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Collection type
Object
Description
Tool for patterning shoes: curved metal blade in wooden handle.
Cultural groups
Tama
Person
Field collector Anthony John Arkell
PRM source Anthony John Arkell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
By 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1937
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 235 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1937.35.17
Research and responses

According to Ethnologue Online, the Tama are actually located in Chad not The Sudan. [CF 22/2/2000]

Search terms: Tool, Technique, Clothing Footgear, Leather-working Tool

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