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Shovel Currency

2012.10.0327

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Artifact Identification Shovel Currency   (2012.10.0327)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Exchange Media
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date Early 20th Century
Culture Gan tribe, subgroup of Lobi, Mambila?
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 36 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 10.6 cm
Dimension 3 (Height) .33 cm
Weight 448 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Metal--Iron
Manufacturing Processes Cast

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Art of the Upper Volta Rivers. C. Rox Alain & Francoise. Chaffin, France, unknown date.

Gebauer, Paul. Art of Cameroon. Oregon: Portland Art Museum, 1979.

Kamer, Henri. Haute Volta: Sopeba 15th African Exhibition. Belgium, 1973.

Northern, Tamara. The Sign of the Leopard: Beaded Art of Cameroon. Storrs: University of Connecticut, 1975.

Roy, Christopher and Thomas Wheelock. Burkina Faso: Land of the Flying Masks. The Thomas G. B. Wheelock Collection. Prestel: New York, 2007.

Sculptures des Trois Volta. G. Massa. J-C Lauret. Sepia, Societe des Amateurs de L’Art African.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz
Reproduction No

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