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Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; part of one knob missing, casting flaw.
Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; part of one knob missing, casting flaw.
Object Number 2014.10.174
Display Title Metal ring, nitien, cast brass with clay core; four knobs; part of one knob missing, casting flaw.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ring, nitien, (currency or ritual object), brown, smoothed ring, cross hatched lines, four knobs, protrusions on ends
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kru
  • Grebo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Brass , Clay
Dimensions Other: 18.5 × 19 × 5 cm, 2.073 kg (7 5/16 × 7 1/2 × 1 15/16 in., 4.57 lb.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2014.10.175
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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