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Dagger

Object Number:42-30-628
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Borgu
Arabic
Provenience: Morocco
Section:African
Materials:Iron
Technique:Inscribed
Inscription Language:Arabic Language
Length: 33.5 cm
Width: 5.2 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942
Other Number:265 - Other Number

Description

Iron. Lanceolate blade with proximal end of sides slightly recurved to points from which they are concave to the "tang" which is bent to form a large loop handle. Crude Arabic inscription on blade. Made from a file.

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