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Object Number
2000.29.23
Display Title
"Cross" currency (Katanga cross)
Descriptions
Object Description
"Cross" currency (Katanga cross)
Inventory Description
Cross currency (Katanga cross), horizonal and vertical cross bars, flat
Classification
- Exchange medium
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Handa?
- Umbundu?
- Luba?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo?
Africa / Sudan?
Africa / Sudan?
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa, central?; Katanga region, Democratic Republic of Congo?
Materials
Copper, Copper alloy
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 20.1 x 0.5 cm (7 7/8 x 7 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.29.23
Credit Line
Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD and Jane Hughes
Provenance
Collector
Mark S. Rapoport
(12/10/00)
Donor
Mark S. Rapoport
(12/10/00)
Donor
Jane Hughes
(12/10/2000)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Exchange medium
|
Ghana?
Ivory Coast | |
| 2000.29.127 | Currency, bracelet form |
Exchange medium
|
Mali?
| |
| 2000.29.126 | Currency, anklet form |
Exchange medium
|
Liberia?
| |
| 2000.29.130 | Currency, bracelet form |
Exchange medium
|
Ghana?
| |
| 2000.29.11 | Currency, throwing knife |
Exchange medium
|
Nigeria
| |
| 2000.29.12 | Currency, throwing knife |
Exchange medium
|
Gabon
| |
| 2000.29.120 | Currency, bracelet form, heavy |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.62 | Currency, manilla |
Exchange medium
|
Nigeria?
| |
| 2000.29.61 | Currency, manilla |
Exchange medium
|
England?
| |
| 2000.29.129 | Currency, bracelet form, heavy |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.116 | Currency, bracelet form |
Exchange medium
|
Nigeria?
| |
| 2000.29.125 | Currency, bracelet form |
Exchange medium
|
Liberia?
|