Shaving Knife
Unidentified Kuba maker
19th-20th century
Iron and wood
Overall: 6 5/16 × 1 3/8 × 7/8 in. (16.1 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert Dudley Kilmarx, Class of 1950, Tuck 1951, Mary Neidlinger Kilmarx and Peter H. Kilmarx, Class of 1983
985.22.26449
Geography
Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
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