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Currency, form with clamp
Currency, form with clamp
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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