Tajere, Nigeria
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
notes: label: Description
content: Tajere are forged iron ingots or rods that were used in exchange in modern day Nigeria by the Fulani people between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. They were used in low value transactions and were often melted down and transformed into weapons, tools, or ornaments.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: Nigeria
label: associated place
content: Nigeria
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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.77.38.031
label: catalog number
content: 77.38.031
label: accession number
content: 1977.1211
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Iron Bar Cent
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Iron Bar Cent; Africa; Nigeria, Northern
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black/brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: formed by hand (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: black/brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 14 in; 3.175 cm x 35.56 cm