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Object Number
04-45-50/64157
Display Title
Tag for enslaved person, tin; initials of enslaver and point of destination.
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Engraving, flat tin tags, perforated, with impressed letters and numbers
Classification
- Engraving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
Benquilla, 300 mi east of
Materials
Tin, Iron alloy
Dimensions
Overall: 22.6 x 3.7 x 0.1 cm (8 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
04-45-50/64157; 04-45-50/64158
Provenance
Collector
Rev. Henry A. Neipp
(1898-1902 - 1904)
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