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Small metal ring, cast brass with four knobs, resembling a nitien
Small metal ring, cast brass with four knobs, resembling a nitien
Object Number 2014.10.125
Display Title Small metal ring, cast brass with four knobs, resembling a nitien
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ring, nitien, (currency or ritual object), small ring, linear pattern on ring and on four knobs
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kru
  • Grebo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Brass
Dimensions Other: 4.8 × 4.8 × 1 cm, 0.068 kg (1 7/8 × 1 7/8 × 3/8 in., 0.15 lb.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2014.10.125
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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