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Object Number
2000.29.59
Display Title
Currency, unknown form
Descriptions
Object Description
Currency, unknown form with curled handle end
Inventory Description
Currency, U-shape, two sided, hollow, central bar, looped at top
Classification
- Exchange medium
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 23.5 x 14.5 x 6 cm (9 1/4 x 5 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.29.59
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Exchange medium
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| 2000.29.96 | Currency, lance form |
Exchange medium
|
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Exchange medium
|
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| 2000.29.65.1 | Currency, lamp form |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.123 | Currency, bracelet form |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
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Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.126 | Currency, anklet form |
Exchange medium
|
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| |
| 2000.29.53 | Currency, bar with coiled ends |
Exchange medium
|
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| |
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| |
| 2000.29.121 | Currency, bracelet form |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.127 | Currency, bracelet form |
Exchange medium
|
Mali?
| |
| 2000.29.15 | Currency, hooked form |
Exchange medium
|
Africa
|