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Object Number 988-18-50/12485
Display Title Twin amulet
Descriptions
Object Description Brass amulet depicting twin figures
Inventory Description Ornament, amulet depicting twin figures holding hands
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Senufo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 3 x 3 x 0.3 cm (1 3/16 x 1 3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-18-50/12485
Provenance
Provenance El Hadji Ibrahim (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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