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Grease pot of hammered brass
Grease pot of hammered brass
Object Number 99-12-50/53687
Display Title Grease pot of hammered brass
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pot, cylindrical, platform base, fitted conical lid, incised figurative designs
Classification
  • Pot
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Gold Coast
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 8.6 x 8.6 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53687
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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