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Object Number
35-31-50/1146
Display Title
4 pieces of iron spear head money (likon, sing.; makon, pl.)
Descriptions
Object Description
Pieces of iron spear head money (likon, sing.; makon, pl.)
Inventory Description
Spearpoints, ovate, curved, socketed end
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm (6 11/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
35-31-50/1146
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37-32-50/2530 | Bundle of l00 pieces of iron money - in old days use confined almost exclusively |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 30-32-50/B4523 | Ivory bracelet, ikosa (sing.), makosa (pl.) |
Bracelet
|
Mwaya
| |
| 30-32-50/B4523.1 | Ivory bracelet, ikosa (sing.), makosa (pl.) |
Bracelet
|
Mwaya
| |
| 35-31-50/1129 | Basket (ntet, sing.; mintet, pl.) |
Basket
|
Cameroon
| |
| 21-28-50/B2825 | Bundle of iron money |
Spear
|
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1160 | 2 pairs of drumsticks of soft wood (tom, sing.; bitom, pl.) |
Percussion
|
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1128 | Basket (ntet, sing.; mintet, pl.) |
Basket
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
|
| 35-31-50/1127 | Basket in process of manufacture (ntet, sing.; mintet, pl.) |
Raw Material
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3616.1 | Iron spear head money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3616.5 | Iron spear head money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3616.4 | Iron spear head money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3616.2 | Iron spear head money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
|