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Currency, dance rattle
Currency, dance rattle
Object Number 2000.29.63.1
Display Title Currency, dance rattle
Descriptions
Object Description Currency, dance rattle; flat metal bar with bells at ends, middle; two bells detached
Inventory Description Currency, dance rattle, central bar, perforated, twelve bells attached
Classification
  • Exchange medium
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 42 x 5 x 0.75 cm (16 9/16 x 1 15/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.63.1
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD and Jane Hughes
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)
Donor Jane Hughes (12/10/2000)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)

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