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Blacksmith tongs
Object Number 988-18-50/12440
Display Title Blacksmith tongs
Descriptions
Object Description Blacksmith tongs
Inventory Description Tongs, twisted iron handle, brass rings, wrapped with wire.
Classification
  • Tongs
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dogon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Mali
Materials Iron, Brass, Metal, Aluminum
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm (10 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-18-50/12440
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (10/87-8/88)
Collector Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)

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