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Object Number
16-43-50/B1501
Display Title
Brass knife handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Handle, female figurine, wearing headdress, socket end, knife fragment
Classification
- Handle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yoruba
- Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 14.7 x 5.1 x 4 cm (5 13/16 x 2 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B1501
Provenance
Collector
British Punitive Force
(1897)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(1916)
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