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    546 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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Results for "Knife: Head (Namambele)"11 records

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Animal-Head Knife by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Animal-Head Knife

Unrecorded maker

11th century BCE · Bronze inlaid with turquoise

Cleared · Public Domain

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Knife with Ram's Head by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Knife with Ram's Head

Unrecorded maker

12th–11th century BCE · Bronze inlaid with turquoise

Cleared · Public Domain

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Knife with Bird's Head by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Knife with Bird's Head

Unrecorded maker

8th–6th century BCE · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bronze knife with ram's-head handle by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bronze knife with ram's-head handle

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1st century CE · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tumi (knife) by Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tumi (knife)

Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s)

900–1100 CE · Gold, turquoise

Cleared · Public Domain

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Ceremonial Knife (Tumi) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)

Unrecorded maker

12th–15th century · Copper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Design for Knife Handles, from Mansches de Coutiaus by Johann Theodor de Bry, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for Knife Handles, from Mansches de Coutiaus

Johann Theodor de Bry (d. 1623)

1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork

Cleared · Public Domain

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Table knife with handle carved with lion's head by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Table knife with handle carved with lion's head

Unrecorded maker

17th century · Steel, ivory, brass

Cleared · Public Domain

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Clasp knife with cherub's head by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clasp knife with cherub's head

Unrecorded maker

early 18th century · Steel, brass

Cleared · Public Domain

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Spear with Detachable Knife Head by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spear with Detachable Knife Head

Unrecorded maker

18th–19th century · Steel, wood (pepper reed), silver, velvet

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

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Knife: Head (Namambele)

Unrecorded maker

First half of 20th century · Iron, wood

In copyright

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