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Handle of brass dancing wand
Object Number 16-43-50/B1502
Display Title Handle of brass dancing wand
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handle, rectangular, human figures on both sides, broken base
Classification
  • Handle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 25.7 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm (10 1/8 x 1 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1502
Provenance
Collector British Punitive Force (1897)
Dealer William O. Oldman
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1916)

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