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Object Number
29-75-50/H899
Display Title
Old brass money
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Brass bar, cylindrical
Classification
- Currency
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Materials
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 19.8 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm (7 13/16 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
H899
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1927)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1927-1929)
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