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Cast brass or bronze miniature chief's seat
Cast brass or bronze miniature chief's seat
Object Number 99-12-50/53716
Display Title Cast brass or bronze miniature chief's seat
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cast, brass, shaped like miniature cushion or seat
Classification
  • Casting
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Western
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 3.1 x 5.8 x 1.8 cm (1 1/4 x 2 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53716
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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