Currency, lance form

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Object Number 2000.29.96

Display Title Currency, lance form

Descriptions

Object Description Currency, lance form, with four tubular end pieces

Inventory Description Currency, lance form, flattened and tapered to point, four curled iron rods

Classification

Exchange medium

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Materials Iron

Dimensions Overall: 25 x 4 x 0.75 cm (9 13/16 x 1 9/16 x 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2000.29.96

Credit Line Gift of Mark Rapoport, MD and Jane Hughes

Provenance

Donor Mark S. Rapoport

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