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Object Number
2014.10.32
Display Title
Metal ring, nitien, 4 knobs; large and heavy, thick patina
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ring, cast metal, nitien (currency or ritual object), open ring, brown/green patina, symmetric designs flanking opening, symmetric design on opposite surfaces, four knobs with incised concentric rings, damaged, visible clay core
Classification
- Unclassified
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Grebo
- Kru
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Materials
Brass
Dimensions
Other: 23.5 × 17.5 × 7.3 cm, 10.433 kg (9 1/4 × 6 7/8 × 2 7/8 in., 23 lb.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2014.10.32
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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