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Object Number 2014.10.152
Display Title Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs, top of one knob missing; crack in ring, casting flaw
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ring, nitien, (currency or ritual object), four knobs, top of one knob missing; crack in ring, casting flaw
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Grebo
  • Kru
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Brass , Clay
Dimensions Other: 23 × 23 × 6.6 cm, 3.783 kg (9 1/16 × 9 1/16 × 2 5/8 in., 8.34 lb.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2014.10.152
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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Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; crack in one knob, casting flaw, unusual knobs
2014.10.120 Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; crack in one knob, casting flaw, unusual knobs
Unclassified
Liberia
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; large; four knobs; crack in ring, casting flaw
2014.10.105 Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; large; four knobs; crack in ring, casting flaw
Unclassified
Liberia
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; top of two knobs missing, casting flaw
2014.10.119 Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; top of two knobs missing, casting flaw
Unclassified
Liberia
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs;  top of one knob missing, cracks in ring, casting flaw
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
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; top of one knob missing, casting flaw
2014.10.107 Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; top of one knob missing, casting flaw
Unclassified
Liberia
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs, top of one knob missing, casting flaw
2014.10.141 Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs, top of one knob missing, casting flaw
Unclassified
Liberia
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; parts of two knobs missing, crack, casting flaw
2014.10.46 Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; parts of two knobs missing, crack, casting flaw
Unclassified
Liberia
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; top of one knob, areas in ring missing, casting flaw
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
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; large, ends of two knobs missing, casting flaw
2014.10.49 Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; large, ends of two knobs missing, casting flaw
Unclassified
Liberia
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs, top of one knob missing, casting flaw
2014.10.130 Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs, top of one knob missing, casting flaw
Unclassified
Liberia
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; part of one knob missing, casting flaw.
2014.10.174 Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; part of one knob missing, casting flaw.
Unclassified
Liberia
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs, part of one knob missing, casting flaw.
2014.10.155 Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs, part of one knob missing, casting flaw.
Unclassified
Liberia