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Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs with different designs
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs with different designs
Object Number 2014.10.148
Display Title Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs with different designs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ring, nitien, (currency or ritual object), raised linear pattern, green patina, four large knobs with protrusions at ends, circular and zig-zag raised patterns
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Grebo
  • Kru
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Brass , Clay
Dimensions Other: 23 × 23.5 × 6.5 cm, 3.583 kg (9 1/16 × 9 1/4 × 2 9/16 in., 7.9 lb.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2014.10.148
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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