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1966.4.40

Cast or beaten brass figure of a crocodile.

On display

1966.4.40

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cast or beaten brass figure of a crocodile.
Person
Field collector J. F. Ross
PRM source Mrs J.S. Ross
PRM source Mary E. Lockhead
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1932?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1932?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1966
Materials and processes
Material Brass Metal, Process Beaten, Process Cast
Dimensions
Length: max 126 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1966.4.40
Research and responses

Dahomey, a kingdom in western Africa that flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries in the region that is now southern Benin; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. [MR 6/9/2000]

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