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Currency, small coil form
Currency, small coil form
Object Number 2000.29.51
Display Title Currency, small coil form
Descriptions
Object Description Currency, small coil form
Inventory Description Currency, twisted central bar, looped on top, coils on either side at base
Classification
  • Exchange medium
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kapsiki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, north
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 5 x 0.25 cm (2 3/8 x 1 15/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.51
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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