Metal ring, nitien, with 4 knobs; clay core

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Object Number 2014.10.3

Display Title Metal ring, nitien, with 4 knobs; clay core

Descriptions

Inventory Description Ring, metal, nitien, (currency or ritual object), dark brown patina, incised concentric rings, four knobs with incised concentric rings, opposite knobs with cross-hatch pattern

Classification

Unclassified

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Grebo
Kru

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Materials Brass , Clay

Dimensions Other: 21 × 21 × 13 cm, 2.449 kg (8 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 5 1/8 in., 5.4 lb.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2014.10.3

Credit Line Gift of Mark Clayton

Provenance

Collector Mark Clayton (2005-2014)

Donor Donated by Mark Clayton (2005-9/9/2014)

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
2014.10.97	Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; two knobs deficient, casting flaws; unusual knobs, one with unique ring of small knobs	Unclassified	Liberia
2014.10.130	Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs, top of one knob missing, casting flaw	Unclassified	Liberia
2014.10.134	Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; top of one knob missing, cracks in ring, casting flaw	Unclassified	Liberia
2014.10.133	Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; top of one knob, areas in ring missing, casting flaw	Unclassified	Liberia
2014.10.168	Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs	Unclassified	Liberia
2014.10.61	Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; ends of two knobs missing, casting flaw	Unclassified	Liberia
2014.10.109	Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs	Unclassified	Liberia
2014.10.87	Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs	Unclassified	Liberia
2014.10.68	Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; two knobs deficient, casting flaws	Unclassified	Liberia
2014.10.85	Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs	Unclassified	Liberia
2014.10.144	Metal ring, nitien, with 4 knobs; clay core	Unclassified	Liberia
2014.10.145	Metal ring, nitien, with 4 knobs; clay core	Unclassified	Liberia

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