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Three yinni on copper ring
Object Number 30-36-50/B4809
Display Title Three yinni on copper ring
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tools, three iron bars, flattened tips, looped ends attached to copper ring
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Liberia, Interior
Materials Iron, Copper
Dimensions Overall: 14.6 x 3.3 x 0.9 cm (5 3/4 x 1 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B4809
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1930)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1930)

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