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Object Number 37-77-50/2957
Display Title Old money - iron - worth formerly 4 cloths or about $4.00
Descriptions
Inventory Description Brass bar, cylindrical
Classification
  • Currency
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Ganta, vicinity of
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm (12 3/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2957
Provenance
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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