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Object Number 32-49-50/49
Display Title Brass model - blacksmith
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurine, male figure, holding tools, seated on chair
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Ganta
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 15.4 x 8.2 x 10.7 cm (6 1/16 x 3 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-49-50/49
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1932)

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