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Cast brass or bronze ornaments
Cast brass or bronze ornaments
Object Number 99-12-50/53714
Display Title Cast brass or bronze ornaments
Descriptions
Inventory Description Casting, brass weight, triangular ornamental shape
Classification
  • Casting
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Western
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 7.7 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm (3 1/16 x 1 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 99-12-50/53714
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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