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Kissi Pennies
Kissi Pennies

Kissi Pennies

Object PlaceSierra Leone or Liberia or Guinea
Medium/TechniqueIron, wrapped in raffia
DimensionsImage: 4.4 x 3.8 x 34.3 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dwight B. and Anna Cooper Heath, in memory of their son, David B. Heath
Accession number2008.1511
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
ProvenanceBy 2005, Dwight B. Heath, Providence, RI; 2008, gift of Dwight B. Heath and Anna C. Heath to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)
Cloth Currency
early to mid-20th century
Cloth Currency
early to mid-20th century
Cloth Currency
early to mid-20th century
Cloth Currency
early to mid-20th century
Mask (kidumu)
Artist Unidentified
20th century, 1950–2000
Headdress
Artist Unidentified
20th century
Lineage Ornament (Idimu)
Artist Unidentified
19th–20th century
Crow Mask
Artist Unidentified
19th–20th century
Mask
Artist Unidentified
20th century, 1950–2000
Mask (mbuya)
Artist Unidentified
20th century, 1950–2000