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"Tajere" currency
Object Number 2000.29.39
Display Title "Tajere" currency
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tajere
Object Description "Tajere" currency; pointed bar with globular mid-section
Inventory Description Tajere currency, iron bar, wider in center, twisted on one end, flat on other
Classification
  • Exchange medium
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mumuye
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Africa / Nigeria
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 39.25 x 4.25 x 2 cm (15 7/16 x 1 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.39
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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