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Object Number
16-43-50/B1509
Display Title
Brass key
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Key, large brass key, hollow rod with flat angled bars, loop on top
Classification
- Key
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 6.1 x 1.4 cm (6 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
16-43-50/B1509
Provenance
Collector
British Punitive Force
(1897)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(1916)
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