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Object Number
2000.29.11
Display Title
Currency, throwing knife
Descriptions
Object Description
Throwing knife? with copper wrapped at tip; currency
Inventory Description
Throwing knife, square iron bar, curved on one end, horizontal flat blade, curve
Classification
- Exchange medium
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nigeria
Materials
Iron, Copper
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 31.5 x 2 cm (13 x 12 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.29.11
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000.29.12 | Currency, throwing knife |
Exchange medium
|
Gabon
| |
| 2000.29.1 | Currency, throwing knife |
Exchange medium
|
Nigeria
Chad Cameroon | |
| 2000.29.8 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.25 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Central African Republic
Chad Cameroon | |
| 2000.29.10 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.44 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon?
| |
| 2000.29.2 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.13 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Central African Republic?
| |
| 2000.29.3 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.5 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Nigeria
Congo | |
| 2000.29.4 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon?
| |
| 2000.29.7 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Sudan
Nigeria Central African Republic Cameroon |