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Object Number 991-12-60/14917A
Display Title Three Pieces of Casting Debris, White Metal
Descriptions
Object Description Three pieces of casting debris, white metal. Two are solid and one has many holes through it. Largest piece: 2.5 cm. (?) x 1.2 cm. (?) x 1.5 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Metal alloy, fragment, casting debris
Classification
  • Metal alloy
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 2 x 2 x 0.6 cm (13/16 x 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/14917A
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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Three Pieces of Casting Debris, White Metal
991-12-60/14917C Three Pieces of Casting Debris, White Metal
Metal alloy
China
Three Pieces of Casting Debris, White Metal
991-12-60/14917B Three Pieces of Casting Debris, White Metal
Metal alloy
China
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Palmer Area 5
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Casting
KBS
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Palmer Area 5
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Palmer Area 5
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Palmer Area 5
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Palmer Area 5
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Palmer Area 5
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Palmer Area 5
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Aqua flat glass
Fragment
Stone
Chipping debris
Charcoal
Coal/clinker
Partial Vessel
Body
Pipe bowl
Rim
Faunal Remain
Pipe stem
Neville
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Palmer Area 11 pa6