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Object Number
32-49-50/61
Display Title
Brass yinni
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tool, bronze bar, tapered one end, flattened and squared other end
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
Ganta
Materials
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 22.7 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm (8 15/16 x 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
32-49-50/61
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1932)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1932)
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