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Object Number 2000.29.12
Display Title Currency, throwing knife
Descriptions
Object Description Throwing knife with three blades; currency
Inventory Description Throwing knife, flattened iron, central bar, two horizontal bars with curved ext
Classification
  • Exchange medium
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Fang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Gabon
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 46 x 23 x 0.5 cm (18 1/8 x 9 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.12
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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