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Currency, large
Object Number 2000.29.21
Display Title Currency, large
Descriptions
Object Description Large currency form with "scalloped" edge
Inventory Description Tool, flat iron, concave cuts on sides, tapered ends
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mfumte?
  • Mfunte?
  • Mambila?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 67.1 x 26.5 x 11.5 cm (26 7/16 x 10 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.21
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD and Jane Hughes
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)
Donor Jane Hughes (12/10/2000)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)

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