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Cast brass or bronze miniature gold coast swords
Cast brass or bronze miniature gold coast swords
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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