Currency, hooked form

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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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