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Currency, lamp form
Object Number 2000.29.65.1
Display Title Currency, lamp form
Descriptions
Object Description Currency, lamp form; joins with spike 2000.29.65.2 for attaching to wall, etc.
Inventory Description Currency, lamp form, round corroded container, upright iron bar, hook on top
Classification
  • Exchange medium
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 9 x 9 cm (4 5/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.65.1
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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