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Object Number 99-12-50/53704
Display Title Brass armlet
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bracelet, arm band, open-ended, scrolled ends
Classification
  • Bracelet
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Western
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 0.4 x 8.7 x 8.6 cm (3/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53704
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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