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Object Number 09-5-50/74487
Display Title iron "money"
Descriptions
Object Description Iron "money"
Inventory Description Iron, wrought iron strip, twisted center, flattened T -shaped and circular ends
Classification
  • Exchange medium
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sierra Leone
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 53.5 x 10.1 x 0.5 cm (21 1/16 x 4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 09-5-50/74487; [14194]; [14185]

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