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Object Number
21-28-50/B2825
Display Title
Bundle of iron money
Descriptions
Object Description
Bundle of iron money
Inventory Description
Spearpoints, flat iron, tapered to point on one end, bundled, tied with hide
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Iron, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 17.5 x 3.1 x 3 cm (6 7/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
21-28-50/B2825
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Currency
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Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1146 | 4 pieces of iron spear head money (likon, sing.; makon, pl.) |
Spear
|
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1270 | Iron money |
Currency
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Cameroon
| |
| 26-1-50/B4273 | Native money forged from native iron |
Currency
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Cameroon
| |
| 37-32-50/2530.3 | Iron money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 37-32-50/2530.1 | Iron money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 26-1-50/B4273.2 | Native money forged from native iron |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 26-1-50/B4273.1 | Native money forged from native iron |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 18-21-50/B2083 | Native iron money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3616.1 | Iron spear head money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3616 | Iron spear head money |
Tools
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Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3616.5 | Iron spear head money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
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