Iron currency

Museum number:
5-10473a-o
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4072
Description:
Money, iron; flat strips, warped and asymmetrical with teardrop-like ends. Lengths: 9 cm - 13 cm
Donor:
Fred W. Goff
Collection place:
Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
Ewondo peoples; S.W. Cameroon
Culture or time period:
Ashanti and Ewondo
Collector:
Fred W. Goff
Collection date:
1955
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Iron money
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
October 1985
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Iron currency, accession number 5-10473a-o, described as Money, iron; flat strips, warped and asymmetrical with teardrop-like ends. Lengths: 9 cm - 13 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Iron currency, accession number 5-10473a-o, described as Money, iron; flat strips, warped and asymmetrical with teardrop-like ends. Lengths: 9 cm - 13 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Iron currency, accession number 5-10473a-o, described as Money, iron; flat strips, warped and asymmetrical with teardrop-like ends. Lengths: 9 cm - 13 cm

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