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Title	Circular knife
Date	1954-1989
Material Type	Knives
Description	Circular knife, believed to be worn on a wrist; blade edge is covered, ends of cover have copper fittings, interior opening has cover with wire decoration; origin Turkana people of Kenya.
Dimensions	Circumference: 11.5 cm.
Subject	Knives -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Kenya -- Civilization -- 20th century
Geographic Region	Africa Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Kenya
Collector	Towles, Joseph A. Turnbull, Colin M.
Collection in Repository	Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
Call Number	1989.001.104c
Holding Institution	Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
Digital Collection	Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
Rights	Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
Media Type	Objects

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