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Object Number
99-12-50/53725
Display Title
Cast brass or bronze effigies of fish
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Casts, brass weights, fish shaped
Classification
- Casting
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms
Africa, Western
Materials
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 3.8 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm (1 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
99-12-50/53725
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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| 99-12-50/53726 | Cast brass or bronze effigy of fish |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53728 | Cast brass or bronze trumpets |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53748 | Cast brass or bronze pyramidal objects |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53720 | Cast brass or bronze turtle(?) effigy |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53731 | Cast brass or bronze knots |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53722 | Cast brass or bronze miniature axes |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53724 | Cast brass or bronze effigies of birds |
Figurine
|
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
| |
| 99-12-50/53737 | Cast brass or bronze stamp(?) |
Casting
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53742 | Cast brass or bronze stamp(?) |
Casting
|
Ghana
|