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Object Number
2000.29.38
Display Title
Currency
Descriptions
Object Description
Bar currency
Inventory Description
Currency, iron bar, squared sides
Classification
- Currency
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yoruba?
- Igbo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nigeria
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 38.5 x 2 x 1.25 cm (15 3/16 x 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.29.38
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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