Fang Axe, Gabon
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
notes: label: Description
content: Fang Axes are a bundled group of small iron rods with arrow-shaped ends. They were used by the Fang people of Gabon for trade as well as for ceremonial payments in marriages (bridewealth).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: Gabon
label: associated place
content: French West Africa
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: West African Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.79.112.OC16
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.OC16
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fan Axe
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Fan Axe; Africa; French Cameroons
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black/brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: shaped by hand (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 80.4 mm x 134.3 mm; x 3 3/16 in x 5 5/16 in