TERA Gallery - African Art and Antiquities

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Type of Object:
    Yoruba Throwing Knife Currency

    These Yoruba knives are brass, with wood handles. They
    are embossed and worked on one side only, the backs are
    plain. Although used, they were not everyday knives and
    appear to be primarily ceremonial

Ethnic Group:
    Yoruba Society

Country of Origin:  

Material:   
    Brass
    Wooden Handle

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