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Title	Ivory butter knife
Date	1954-1989
Material Type	Ivories (sculptures)
Description	Ivory replicas of European knives; origin eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Dimensions	Length: 21.5 cm.
Subject	Ivory carving Art objects -- Africa Knives -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Implements, utensils, etc. -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic Region	Africa Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Congo (Democratic Republic)
Collector	Towles, Joseph A. Turnbull, Colin M.
Collection in Repository	Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
Call Number	1989.001.163j-k
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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