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Cruciform brass bar pin, inlaid
Object Number 16-43-50/B1506
Display Title Cruciform brass bar pin, inlaid
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pin, brass cross, tapered ends, inlaid red stones, broken
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Brass, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 7.8 x 0.6 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B1506
Provenance
Collector British Punitive Force (1897)
Dealer William O. Oldman
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1916)

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