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Object Number 20-29-50/B2183
Display Title Smith's large hammer and anvil
Descriptions
Inventory Description Anvil, iron, rectangular platform with long tapered extension
Classification
  • Anvil
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Fang
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 25.8 x 6.4 x 3 cm (10 3/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 20-29-50/B2183

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