Bronze money token

Museum number:
5-1722
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1414
Description:
Piece of bronze native money; horn-shoe shape. Height: 2.25" 5.7cm ; width: 2.375" 6cm.
Donor:
Simon Ottenberg
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Simon Ottenberg
Collection date:
September 1960
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Money (objects)
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #82: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 28, 1962–May 28, 1962), S1963-1964 #13: Cole Elementary School/Beverly D. Deffes (September 12, 1963–September 13, 1963), and S1968-1969 #132: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (June 10, 1969–June 11, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bronze money token, accession number 5-1722, described as Piece of bronze native money; horn-shoe shape. Height: 2.25" 5.7cm ; width: 2.375" 6cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bronze money token, accession number 5-1722, described as Piece of bronze native money; horn-shoe shape. Height: 2.25" 5.7cm ; width: 2.375" 6cm.

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