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Currency, large coil form
Currency, large coil form
Object Number 2000.29.52
Display Title Currency, large coil form
Descriptions
Object Description Currency, large coil form
Inventory Description Currency, iron bar, central loop, coiled on each side
Classification
  • Exchange medium
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kapsiki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, north
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 11.5 x 0.75 cm (3 9/16 x 4 1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.52
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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