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Salt hammer
Tuareg
20th century
Object Place: Mali
Medium/Technique
Copper, brass and silver, with wood inlay
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 14.3 x 7 cm (10 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carolyn and Eli Newberger
Accession Number2008.1643
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Africa and Oceania
ClassificationsPersonal accessories
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)