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Loan Object
Public domain

Ceremonial Blade

18th–19th century

Iron and brass

47 1/4 × 13 9/16 × 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 75 1/2 in. (120 × 34.5 × 9.5 × 9.5 × 191.75 cm)
Promised gift of Dwight B. and Anna Cooper Heath
ILE2009.6.4
Geography: 
Geography Ghana
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Asante
Period: 
18th–19th century
Classification: 
Arms and Armor
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