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Object Number
2004.24.30674
Display Title
Left: five pointed iron blades; imitation of "iron money"; Right: iron money
Descriptions
Keywords
- Manufacture and General Utility
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Medium Of Exchange
- Blade
- Money
- Iron
Department
Photographic
Date
1984
Artist
Hillel S. Burger
Culture
- Yaounde
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Bantu, Northwestern; Cameroon, southern
Materials
Negative, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37-126-50/3272.1 | 5 pointed iron blades fastened between 2 sticks - imitation of old "iron money" |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2004.24.30677 | iron money used mainly as marriage dowry |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.30678 | iron money |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.30675 | Iron money |
Cameroon
| ||
| 48-36-50/7279 | Iron paddle-like objects - used as money ? |
Blade
|
Liberia
| |
| 2004.24.17189 | Iron strips used for money, chief's knife in hide scabbard |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.14065 | Double hook, war arrows, spike, iron strips used for money |
Liberia
| ||
| 22-2-50/B3616.3 | Iron spear head money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3616.1 | Iron spear head money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
| |
| 09-5-50/74487 | iron "money" |
Exchange medium
|
Sierra Leone
| |
| 29-76-50/H1102.5 | Iron strip, used for money |
Currency
|
Liberia
| |
| 35-31-50/1270 | Iron money |
Currency
|
Cameroon
|