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Object Number 37-32-50/2398
Display Title Piece of iron money
Descriptions
Object Description Piece of iron money (large)
Inventory Description Currency, flat triangular iron, chipped edges, torn
Classification
  • Currency
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bafia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern: Mbam River, along the
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 33.5 x 26 x 0.3 cm (13 3/16 x 10 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-32-50/2398

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