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Object Number
99-12-50/53688
Display Title
Brass scoops
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spoon, scoop, sheet brass, flat bottom, straight sides, hammered and incised
Classification
- Spoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms
Gold Coast
Materials
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 2.7 x 7.8 x 16.2 cm (1 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
99-12-50/53688
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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