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Object Number
99-12-50/53724
Display Title
Cast brass or bronze effigies of birds
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Figurines, cast brass, birds on pedestals
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms
Africa, Western
Materials
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 2.6 x 4.5 x 1.4 cm (1 x 1 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
53724
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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Casting
|
Ghana
| |
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Figurine
|
Siberia
| |
| 2004.24.1655 | Mica effigies of birds from altar of mound 3 |
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
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| 2004.24.1654 | Mica effigies of birds and bears from altar of mound 3 |
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
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Figurine
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Kaminaljuyu
| |
| 27-56-70/D2744 | Joy birds made of pith |
Figurine
|
Village of Kowel
| |
| 99-12-50/53726 | Cast brass or bronze effigy of fish |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 35-32-40/1860 | CAST of basal portion of reindeer horn carved to suggest bird's head and beak |
Casting
|
France
| |
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Lamp
|
Ghana
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