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Object Number
99-12-50/53689
Display Title
Brass scales with tiny brush
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Scales, brass discs attached with string, tiny loop handled hair brush
Classification
- Tools
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ghana
Materials
Brass, Fiber, Hair
Dimensions
Overall: 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 cm (2 5/16 x 2 5/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
99-12-50/53689
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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| 99-12-50/53694 | Brass scales |
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| 99-12-50/53693 | Brass scales |
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| 99-12-50/53695 | Brass scales |
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|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53696 | Brass scales |
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