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Iron 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.

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Cultural attribution
Nzimu
Object type
Zahlungsmittel
Dimensions
Sheet 9.5 x 13.5 cm, mandrel 10 cm
Material/Technique
iron (metal)
Forged
Object genre
money
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2565
Other number(s)
2565 (Old inventory number)
LM: 54522 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

where
Südkamerun
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden, Karl, Graf von - Owners
Description
K. Count von Linden bought property from L. von Stein zu Lausnitz.
when
before 1907
where
Südkamerun
who
Stein zu Lausnitz, Ludwig von - Role not clarified
Description
Baron von Stein zu Lausnitz
when
1907
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
Description
K. Count von Linden donated the object to the Linden Museum.
when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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