About the Artwork
Currency
19th or 20th century
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African
Matakam
Iron
Overall: 23 1/2 × 8 × 3/4 inches (59.7 × 20.3 × 1.9 cm)
Arms and Armor
African Art
Bequest of Margaret Herz Demant
2018.119
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Margaret H. Demant (Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA)
2018-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Matakam, African, Currency, 19th or 20th century, iron. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Margaret Herz Demant, 2018.119.
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