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Currency, bar with coiled ends
Currency, bar with coiled ends
Object Number 2000.29.53
Display Title Currency, bar with coiled ends
Descriptions
Object Description Currency, bar with coiled ends
Inventory Description Currency, central bar with two coils on either end
Classification
  • Exchange medium
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kapsiki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, north
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 5.25 x 0.7 cm (5 1/8 x 2 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.53
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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