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Object Number
2000.29.28
Display Title
Snake currency
Descriptions
Object Description
Snake currency, male?
Inventory Description
Currency, flat iron bar, serpentine shape, two iron pieces attached on one end
Classification
- Exchange medium
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Lobi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Burkina Faso
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 2 x 0.25 cm (11 7/16 x 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.29.28
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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