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Object Number 04-45-50/64164
Display Title Iron pin
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pin, iron rod, tapered to point on one end, twisted, triangular flat top, spiral
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola / <State> / <County> / <City> / 300 miles east of Benguela
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 10.4 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm (4 1/8 x 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-45-50/64164

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