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Object Number
2000.29.102
Display Title
Currency, throwing knife, ornamental
Descriptions
Object Description
Ornamental throwing knife with patterned blade; currency
Inventory Description
Throwing knife, curved, flat blade, tapered stem, hooked, incised figurative des
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Forowa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ghana?
Materials
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 54 cm (4 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.29.102
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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000.29.5 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Nigeria
Congo |
| 2000.29.7 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Central African Republic
Cameroon Nigeria Sudan |
| 2000.29.25 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Central African Republic
Chad Cameroon |
| 2000.29.8 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
|
| 2000.29.107 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Nigeria
Chad Cameroon |
| 2000.29.10 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
|
| 2000.29.4 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
|
| 2000.29.2 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
|
| 2000.29.3 | Currency, throwing knife |
Knife
|
Cameroon
|
| 2000.29.111 | Currency, hooked form |
Knife
|
Africa
|
| 2000.29.11 | Currency, throwing knife |
Exchange medium
|
Nigeria
|
| 2000.29.12 | Currency, throwing knife |
Exchange medium
|
Gabon
|