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Cast brass or bronze miscellaneous objects
Cast brass or bronze miscellaneous objects
Object Number 99-12-50/53750
Display Title Cast brass or bronze miscellaneous objects
Descriptions
Inventory Description Casts, brass and silver, various shapes and sizes
Classification
  • Casting
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Western
Materials Brass, Silver
Dimensions Overall: 6.3 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm (2 1/2 x 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 46
Label on object 99-12-50/53750
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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Cast brass or bronze pyramidal objects
99-12-50/53748 Cast brass or bronze pyramidal objects
Casting
Ghana
Cast brass or bronze miniature hammer-like objects
99-12-50/53727 Cast brass or bronze miniature hammer-like objects
Casting
Ghana
Cast brass or bronze stamps(?)
99-12-50/53747 Cast brass or bronze stamps(?)
Accessory
Ghana
Cast brass or bronze stamps(?)
99-12-50/53745 Cast brass or bronze stamps(?)
Casting
Ghana
Cast brass or bronze crab's claws
99-12-50/53730 Cast brass or bronze crab's claws
Casting
Ghana
Cast brass or bronze stamps(?) - cross shaped figure
99-12-50/53743 Cast brass or bronze stamps(?) - cross shaped figure
Casting
Ghana
Cast brass or bronze effigies of fish
99-12-50/53725 Cast brass or bronze effigies of fish
Casting
Ghana
Cast brass or bronze trumpets
99-12-50/53728 Cast brass or bronze trumpets
Casting
Ghana
Cast brass or bronze stamp(?)
99-12-50/53735 Cast brass or bronze stamp(?)
Casting
Ghana
Cast brass or bronze stamp(?)
99-12-50/53736 Cast brass or bronze stamp(?)
Casting
Ghana
Cast brass or bronze stamp(?)
99-12-50/53740 Cast brass or bronze stamp(?)
Casting
Ghana
Cast brass or bronze ornaments
99-12-50/53714 Cast brass or bronze ornaments
Casting
Ghana