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Object Number
2000.29.33
Display Title
Currency, bell form
Descriptions
Object Description
Currency; bell form
Inventory Description
Currency, iron rod with four cone-shaped extensions on either side, one missing
Classification
- Currency
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 9.5 x 1.5 cm (13 x 3 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.29.33
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000.29.36.1 | Currency, coil form |
Currency
|
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| |
| 2000.29.36.2 | Currency, coil form |
Currency
|
Nigeria
| |
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Currency
|
Sierra Leone
Guinea Liberia | |
| 988-18-50/12433 | Iron currency, "Kissi penny" |
Currency
|
Liberia
Guinea Sierra Leone | |
| 56-52-50/9842 | Piece of currency - iron |
Currency
|
Liberia
| |
| 2000.29.43 | Currency, bracelet form |
Tools
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.37 | Currency, cuff form |
Currency
|
Chad?
| |
| 987-29-50/12096 | Iron bridewealth currency |
Currency
|
Ivory Coast
| |
| 2000.29.38 | Currency |
Currency
|
Nigeria
| |
| 2000.29.96 | Currency, lance form |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.30 | Currency, axe form |
Axe
|
Burkina Faso?
| |
| 2000.29.29 | Currency, form with clamp |
Tools
|
Nigeria?
|