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Brass spoon with brush attached
Brass spoon with brush attached
Object Number 99-12-50/53709
Display Title Brass spoon with brush attached
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoon, brass, punctated design on handle
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Western
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 2.2 x 0.1 cm (2 3/4 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53709
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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