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Large wooden box covered with metal, elaborate design with protruding knobs
Large wooden box covered with metal, elaborate design with protruding knobs
Object Number 975-32-50/11909
Display Title Large wooden box covered with metal, elaborate design with protruding knobs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, wood covered with leather, hammered sheet metal, hinged lid, raised nodes
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Mauritania
Materials Wood, Leather, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 36.83 x 24.13 x 21.59 cm (14 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 975-32-50/11909.1

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