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Currency belt
Currency belt

Currency belt

Artist Unidentified
late 20th century
Object PlaceNigeria
Medium/TechniqueLeather, iron
DimensionsLength x width: 105 x 3.5 cm (41 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Alan Helms
Accession number2010.1025
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1998, sold by Hamill Gallery, Boston, to Alan Helms, Boston; 2010, year-end gift of Alan Helms to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)


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