Needle money, southern Nigeria
notes: label: Description
content: These tiny arrow-shaped pieces of iron are from southern Nigeria. Little is known about their use in exchange, but they are thought to have had a very low market value similar to a cowrie shell.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: Nigeria
label: associated place
content: Nigeria
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: West African Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Benjamin Stack, Harvey G. Stack, and Norman Stack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.77.38.033
label: catalog number
content: 77.38.033
label: accession number
content: 1977.1211
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Needle Money
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Needle Money; Africa; Southern Nigeria, Awaka Tribe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black/brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: hand shaped and formed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall:;
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 15 mm; x 9/16 in