Currency, form with clamp

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Object Number 2000.29.29

Display Title Currency, form with clamp

Descriptions

Object Description Currency; form with clamp and coiled end; fighting knife of hand-forged iron

Inventory Description Tool, oval flattened ring, squared rod inserted, pointed at one end, spiral othe

Classification

Tools

Department Ethnographic

Date 1880-1940?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Nigeria?

Materials Iron

Dimensions Overall: 37.1 x 11 x 5 cm (14 5/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2000.29.29

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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