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Object Number
2000.29.58
Display Title
Currency
Descriptions
Object Description
Currency, ritual writing pad; rectangular with handle
Inventory Description
Currency, mirror form, rectangular, flattened iron, projection on one side
Classification
- Exchange medium
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Fulani?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms
Nigeria, north
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 19.75 x 0.1 cm (8 7/16 x 7 3/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.29.58
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000.29.95 | Currency, blade? |
Exchange medium
|
Congo?
| |
| 2000.29.19 | Currency, hoe form |
Exchange medium
|
Nigeria
| |
| 2000.29.96 | Currency, lance form |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.50 | Currency, blade form |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.15 | Currency, hooked form |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.114 | Currency, bracelet form |
Exchange medium
|
Tanzania
Kenya Uganda | |
| 2000.29.131 | Currency, bracelet form |
Exchange medium
|
Ghana?
Ivory Coast | |
| 2000.29.52 | Currency, large coil form |
Exchange medium
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2000.29.65.1 | Currency, lamp form |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.12 | Currency, throwing knife |
Exchange medium
|
Gabon
| |
| 2000.29.59 | Currency, unknown form |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.28 | Snake currency |
Exchange medium
|
Burkina Faso
|