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Currency, dance sickle
Object Number 2000.29.101
Display Title Currency, dance sickle
Descriptions
Object Description Dance sickle; currency; fertility symbol, tool, woman's weapon
Inventory Description Sickle, curved iron blade, concave cutting edge, twisted stem, socketed end
Classification
  • Sickle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Udjila
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Mandara Mountains
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 41.8 x 17.4 x 2 cm (16 7/16 x 6 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.101
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD and Jane Hughes
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)
Donor Jane Hughes (12/10/2000)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (12/10/00)

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