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Object Number
99-12-50/53717
Display Title
Cast brass or bronze shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Button, cast brass, curved, flat rectangular shape, molded decoration
Classification
- Button
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms
Africa, Western
Materials
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 4.2 x 2.5 x 0.7 cm (1 5/8 x 1 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-50/53717
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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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 99-12-50/53729 | Cast brass or bronze button |
Button
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53745 | Cast brass or bronze stamps(?) |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53735 | Cast brass or bronze stamp(?) |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53740 | Cast brass or bronze stamp(?) |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53736 | Cast brass or bronze stamp(?) |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53742 | Cast brass or bronze stamp(?) |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53749 | Cast brass or bronze stamps(?) |
Accessory
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53741 | Cast brass or bronze stamp(?) |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53743 | Cast brass or bronze stamps(?) - cross shaped figure |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53733 | Cast brass or bronze stamp(?) |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53734 | Cast brass or bronze stamp(?) |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53750 | Cast brass or bronze miscellaneous objects |
Casting
|
Ghana
|