- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pair of spurs [.1-.2] with brown and white leather-work covering the outside and 3 small metal teeth. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/12/2004]
- Geographical reference
- Northern Ghana Salaga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1965
- Date collected
- By 1965
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1965
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Metal, Process Stitched, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Length: max 98 mm, Length: max 108 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1965.5.14.1 Accession number: 1965.5.14.2
Search terms: Animal Gear, Spur Animal Harness, Horse Accessory
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