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Object Number 2000.29.49
Display Title Currency, blade form
Descriptions
Object Description Currency, blade form
Inventory Description Tool, triangular, flat head, curled tip at one corner, socketed stem, open
Classification
  • Agricultural
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 8 x 2.75 cm (6 11/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.49
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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