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Object Number
2004.29.12396
Display Title
Large pipe bowl of bronze
Descriptions
Object Description
written on board: "West Coast / Africa / Large pipe bowl of / bronze with brown / patination - in form / of human head and / around top are nine / masks. / Benin."; written in pencil on board: "found under Zo, Nigeria / Guinea Coast"
Department
Photographic
Culture
- African
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Benin
Dimensions
Overall: 10.4775 × 5.08 cm (4 1/8 × 2 in.)
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