knife;
currency
- Museum number
- Af1954,+23.1559
- Description
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Knife currency. Brass blade with elaborate circular and lined incisions on handle.
- Dimensions
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Height: 31.60 centimetres
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Width: 6.60 centimetres
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Depth: 1.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Knife currency was very common in the area of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,+23.1559
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Wellcome Collection Number (199345)