Old money - iron - worth formerly 4 cloths or about $4.00 – Objects

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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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