Currency

Museum number:
5-3033a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21053033a@2dc
Alternate number:
73 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Pieces of iron used as currency; Yete. Difficult to obtain; old people have them and won't part with them. A) 6 3/4 x 5 1/2'' (17 x 14 cm). B) 5 3/4 x 5 3/4'' (14.5 x 14.5 cm). C) 7 x 6'' (18 x 16 cm).
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Du Village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Birom; Du Village
Culture or time period:
Birom
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1962
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Currency, accession number 5-3033a-c, described as Pieces of iron used as currency; Yete. Difficult to obtain; old people have them and won't part with them. A) 6 3/4 x 5 1/2'' (17 x 14 cm). B) 5 3/4 x 5 3/4'' (14.5 x 14.5 cm). C) 7 x 6'' (18 x 16 cm).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Currency, accession number 5-3033a-c, described as Pieces of iron used as currency; Yete. Difficult to obtain; old people have them and won't part with them. A) 6 3/4 x 5 1/2'' (17 x 14 cm). B) 5 3/4 x 5 3/4'' (14.5 x 14.5 cm). C) 7 x 6'' (18 x 16 cm).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Currency, accession number 5-3033a-c, described as Pieces of iron used as currency; Yete. Difficult to obtain; old people have them and won't part with them. A) 6 3/4 x 5 1/2'' (17 x 14 cm). B) 5 3/4 x 5 3/4'' (14.5 x 14.5 cm). C) 7 x 6'' (18 x 16 cm).

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