Iron money

Museum number:
5-7919
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007919
Alternate number:
8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Money, iron; elongated piece iron, twisted with beaten. flat oval one end and beaten, flat inverted triangle other end; length: 30 cm.
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Bokeza village (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Iron money
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Iron money, accession number 5-7919, described as Money, iron; elongated piece iron, twisted with beaten. flat oval one end and beaten, flat inverted triangle other end; length: 30 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Iron money, accession number 5-7919, described as Money, iron; elongated piece iron, twisted with beaten. flat oval one end and beaten, flat inverted triangle other end; length: 30 cm.

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