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Object Number 31-28-50/B5091
Display Title Fire clay
Descriptions
Inventory Description Clay, fired chunks
Classification
  • Mineral
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Pessy
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Clay
Dimensions Overall: 4 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/2 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 31-28-50/B5091
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1930)
Donor Donated by Dr. George W. Harley (1931)

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