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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1928.76.46 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name rod, currency Description Brass currency rod, bent into a 'U' shape. According to the extensions register, the currency was used and made in Igaraland, Southern Nigerian and had the value of 3d. The rods were introduced into the Protectorate by European merchants. They were melted in a blacksmith's furnace and fashioned into personal ornaments and other objects. Production place Igaraland, Nigeria, Africa Production date 1901 - 1917 Inscription Content IPSMG:R.1928.76.46 Material brass Dimensions height: 445.00 mm width: 82.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1928.76.46
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

rod, currency
Description

Brass currency rod, bent into a 'U' shape. According to the extensions register, the currency was used and made in Igaraland, Southern Nigerian and had the value of 3d. The rods were introduced into the Protectorate by European merchants. They were melted in a blacksmith's furnace and fashioned into personal ornaments and other objects.
Production place

Igaraland, Nigeria, Africa
Production date

1901 - 1917
Inscription Content

IPSMG:R.1928.76.46
Material

brass
Dimensions

Details