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Brass scales
Object Number 99-12-50/53692
Display Title Brass scales
Descriptions
Inventory Description Scales, bras discs attached with fiber string, incised design on balance
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Gold Coast
Materials Brass, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 5.8 x 5.8 x 0.1 cm (2 5/16 x 2 5/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 99-12-50/53692
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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