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Object Number
2000.29.8
Display Title
Currency, throwing knife
Descriptions
Object Description
Throwing knife; currency
Inventory Description
Throwing knife, iron bar, curved at one end, horizontal blade
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Laka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 68 x 22.5 x 0.75 cm (26 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.29.8
Credit Line
Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD and Jane Hughes
Provenance
Donor
Mark S. Rapoport
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000.29.25 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
Chad Central African Republic | |
| 2000.29.10 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.2 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.7 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Central African Republic
Cameroon Nigeria Sudan | |
| 2000.29.5 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Nigeria
Congo | |
| 2000.29.107 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Nigeria
Cameroon Chad | |
| 2000.29.11 | Currency, throwing knife |
Exchange medium
|
Nigeria
| |
| 2000.29.4 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon?
| |
| 2000.29.3 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.12 | Currency, throwing knife |
Exchange medium
|
Gabon
| |
| 2000.29.102 | Currency, throwing knife, ornamental |
Knife
|
Ghana?
| |
| 2000.29.44 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon?
|