Photographer: Larissa Arlt, JGU Mainz
Attribution 4.0 InternationalPhotographer: Larissa Arlt, JGU Mainz
Attribution 4.0 InternationalIron money in the shape of a hoe. Short spike with a triangular hoe blade (13.5 cm), hence the name hoe blade or hoe money. The spike is 10 cm long and 19.5 cm long up to the rounding of the blade. The iron money was a means of payment or "implement money" and could also be forged into a hoe if required.
Cataloguing data
LM: 54522 (Old inventory number)
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Ethnographic study collection
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Purchase
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Donation
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