- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Rectangular brass metal box with hinged lid. [ZM 11/1/2006]
- Geographical reference
- Zanzibar
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1960
- Date collected
- Circa 1960?
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 15/03/1996
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Polished
- Dimensions
- Width: max 88 mm, Height: max 75 mm, Length: max 128 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1996.21.23
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