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Cloth Currency

2006.06.0002

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Cloth Currency   (2006.06.0002)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Exchange Media
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1880-1930
Culture African
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 59.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 48 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.1 cm
Weight 32 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Raffia, Textile
Manufacturing Processes Drying, Weaving

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Felix, Marc Leo. 100 Peoples of Zaire and Their Sculpture. Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987.

Martin, Phyllis. "Power, Cloth and Currency on the Loango Coast." African Economic History, 15 (1986): 1-12.

Picton, John and John Mack. African Textiles. London: British Museum Press, 1989.

Seiber, Roy. African Textiles and Decorative Arts. New York: MOMA, 1972.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Hazel Murphy Jackson
Reproduction N/A

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