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Brass incense burner with brass bells on brass ropes attached to brass handle
Brass incense burner with brass bells on brass ropes attached to brass handle
Object Number 57-46-50/10078
Display Title Brass incense burner with brass bells on brass ropes attached to brass handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Container, square box on pedestal, openwork lid, bells on brass ropes
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Coptic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Materials Brass, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 13 x 12 cm (13 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 57-46-50/10078
Provenance
Collector Dr. Curt Prufer (06/1957-07/1957)
Donor Donated by Dr. Olaf H. Prufer (09/1957-10/1957)

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