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Ceremonial Blade

Ga'anda, 1866-1932

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Ga'anda

Ceremonial Blade

Ga'anda, 1866-1932

Physical Qualities Iron, fiber, 70.8 H x 31 W x 1.5 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number 2001.425
In the form of a sickle with one horizontal projection towards the inside of the curve ending in a backward loop; mostly sheaved in a binding of fiber
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, MD; purchased by donor in 1994 from a New York dealer.

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