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ID number:  BIRRC-D0417
Institution:  Research and Cultural Collections
Named collection:  Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts
Artist / Maker:  Daniel O. Orobor
Title / Object name:  Wooden tray
Object type:  Woodwork
Place made:  Africa: Ghana
Materials:  Wood
Measurements:  52 x 36 cm
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With its base carved in relief. Design based on an elephant, palm tree and two birds each in a tree. Initials: G.C.C. (Gold Coast Colony?), bottom L.H.. Base glazed. Carved rim with finger-holes. African mahogany. Made for Europeans by Daniel O. Orobor (from Benin City, Mid-west Nigeria).

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