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Object Number
99-12-50/53715
Display Title
Cast brass or bronze miniature gold coast swords
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Casting, weight, shaped like 2 crossed swords, brass
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 x 5.9 x 0.9 cm (2 3/4 x 2 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53715
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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