Rod money

Museum number:
5-14033a-h
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210514033a@2dh
Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
Currency; wrought iron; twisted rods flattened in oval shape at one end, double-pointed at other end; one end broken; double-pointed end missing; average length: 36 cm.
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Sierra Leone
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Sierra Leone/ Guinea; Kisi
Culture or time period:
Kissi
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rod money
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rod money, accession number 5-14033a-h, described as Currency; wrought iron; twisted rods flattened in oval shape at one end, double-pointed at other end; one end broken; double-pointed end missing; average length: 36 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rod money, accession number 5-14033a-h, described as Currency; wrought iron; twisted rods flattened in oval shape at one end, double-pointed at other end; one end broken; double-pointed end missing; average length: 36 cm.

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