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Cast brass or bronze miniature hammer-like objects
Cast brass or bronze miniature hammer-like objects
Object Number 99-12-50/53727
Display Title Cast brass or bronze miniature hammer-like objects
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cast, brass weight, pipe-shaped with applied scroll design
Classification
  • Casting
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Western
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 6.9 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm (2 11/16 x 7/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 99-12-50/53727
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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