Copper bar, French West Africa
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
notes: label: Description
content: Copper was highly valued and thus a popular material for currencies in West Africa. West African communities created copper bars of varying shapes and sizes to use in general and specific types of exchanges.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: French West Africa
label: associated place
content: French West Africa
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.77.38.008
label: catalog number
content: 77.38.008
label: accession number
content: 1977.1211
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ?
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: ?; Africa; French West Africa
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: formed by hand (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .635 cm x 17.78 cm; 1/4 in x 7 in