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Woman's ankle ring
Object Number 99-12-60/53310
Display Title Woman's ankle ring
Descriptions
Inventory Description Anklet, metal plain curved cylindrical band with decorative knobbed ends
Classification
  • Anklet
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Bengali
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Bengal Presidency
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 7.6 x 8.2 cm (3 9/16 x 3 x 3 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53310
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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