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Wooden chest
Wooden chest

Wooden chest

20th century
Object PlaceMali
Medium/TechniqueCopper, brass, and silver and lined with leather
DimensionsOverall: 26.7 x 50.2 x 30.8 cm (10 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 12 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Carolyn and Eli Newberger
Accession number2008.1641
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBoxes
Provenance1968, acquired in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) by Carolyn and Eli Newberger, Boston; 2008, gift of Carolyn and Eli Newberger to the MFA. (Accession date: January 21, 2009)
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