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Title:
Bronze group on hinged base
Object name(s):
statues; statues
Brief description:
Bronze group on hinged base, illustrating captives, with third figure about to perform linguectomy, made by Ashanti, West African, 1800-1920
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Associated place:
Africa
Place association:
production or association role maker
Credit line:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
Object name:
statues; statues
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1800
Date - latest:
1920
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1800
Date - latest:
1920
Object production person:
Ashanti (maker)
Object production place:
Africa
Other number:
A40283
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
26813
Other number:
8726/1936
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fbb1e73f-a333-3d57-8130-6ff4455d77cd

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fbb1e73f-a333-3d57-8130-6ff4455d77cd, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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