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Hammered brass box
Object Number 99-12-50/53698
Display Title Hammered brass box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, brass, oval, lidded, hammered with incised geometric and floral design
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Gold Coast
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 2.1 x 7.8 x 3.5 cm (13/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53698
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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