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Ring, nitien, (currency or ritual object)
Ring, nitien, (currency or ritual object)
Object Number 2014.10.187
Display Title Ring, nitien, (currency or ritual object)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ring, nitien, (currency or ritual object), brown, open ring, linear lines and half-circle pattern, three small knobs
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kru
  • Grebo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Brass
Dimensions Other: 13 × 14 × 3.7 cm, 1.51 kg (5 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 1 7/16 in., 3.33 lb.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2014.10.187
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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