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Object Number 2000.29.38
Display Title Currency
Descriptions
Object Description Bar currency
Inventory Description Currency, iron bar, squared sides
Classification
  • Currency
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Igbo?
  • Yoruba?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 38.5 x 2 x 1.25 cm (15 3/16 x 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.38
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD and Jane Hughes
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)
Donor Jane Hughes (12/10/2000)

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