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Object Number
2000.29.25
Display Title
Currency, throwing knife
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Naga-til
Object Description
Throwing knife; currency
Inventory Description
Throwing knife, iron bar, curved, pointed at top, horizontal blade
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sara?
- Massa-Musgu?
- Laka?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Africa / Central African Republic
Africa / Chad
Africa / Central African Republic
Africa / Chad
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 73 x 21.5 x 0.75 cm (28 3/4 x 8 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.29.25
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000.29.10 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.8 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.2 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.7 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Sudan
Nigeria Central African Republic Cameroon | |
| 2000.29.5 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Nigeria
Congo | |
| 2000.29.4 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon?
| |
| 2000.29.107 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Chad
Cameroon Nigeria | |
| 2000.29.3 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.12 | Currency, throwing knife |
Exchange medium
|
Gabon
| |
| 2000.29.11 | Currency, throwing knife |
Exchange medium
|
Nigeria
| |
| 2000.29.102 | Currency, throwing knife, ornamental |
Knife
|
Ghana?
| |
| 2000.29.44 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon?
|