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Object Number 34-34-50/270
Display Title Yinni - small hammer anvil (one of instruments from Bush school (iron)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hammer, iron rod, squared and flattened one end, tapered other end
Classification
  • Hammer
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Iron, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 1.1 x 1.2 cm (6 5/16 x 7/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-34-50/270
Provenance
Collector Alfred J. Tulk (1933)
Donor Donated by Alfred J. Tulk (1934)

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