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Cast brass or bronze ear(?) ornaments representing scorpion
Cast brass or bronze ear(?) ornaments representing scorpion
Object Number 99-12-50/53711
Display Title Cast brass or bronze ear(?) ornaments representing scorpion
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cast brass ornaments, scorpion shaped
Classification
  • Casting
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Western
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 6.5 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm (2 9/16 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53711
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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