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Currency, sickle form
Currency, sickle form
Object Number 2000.29.9
Display Title Currency, sickle form
Descriptions
Object Description Sickle form with long handle; currency; iron harvesting tool and dance wand; wood handle broken off
Inventory Description Sickle, small curved iron blade, concave cutting edge, long handle, socket end
Classification
  • Sickle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kirdi?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon?
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 64 x 10 x 2 cm (25 3/16 x 3 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.9
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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