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Currency, hooked form
Object Number 2000.29.15
Display Title Currency, hooked form
Descriptions
Object Description Hooked form with knob at handle end; currency
Inventory Description Hooked form, iron rod, round knob on end, other end, flattened and hooked
Classification
  • Exchange medium
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 8 x 3 cm (11 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.15
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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