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Loan Object
Public domain

Currency Blade

18th–19th century

Iron

22 1/16 × 7 1/8 × 3/16 in. (56 × 18.1 × 0.5 cm)
Promised gift of Dwight B. and Anna Cooper Heath
ILE2009.6.150
Geography: 
Cameroon
or Nigeria
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Marghi
Period: 
18th–19th century
Classification: 
Numismatics
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