currency (Kissi penny), unrecorded Kissi artist

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unrecorded Kissi artist, currency (Kissi penny)
unrecorded Kissi artist, currency (Kissi penny)
unrecorded Kissi artist
currency (Kissi penny)
1975
unrecorded Kissi artist
currency (Kissi penny), 1975
Where object was made: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Material/technique: iron
Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 25 x 3.5 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 1 3/8 x 9 13/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Professor Beverly Mack
Accession number: 2011.0163
On display: Stewart Gallery
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These iron Kissi penny functioned as currency among the Kissi of present-day Liberia and Sierra Leone from approximately 1880–1940. While Kissi pennies could be used in transactions, they were also exchanged for coins and paper notes, which became the standard for trade in the latter part of the 20th century. These examples were purchased in 1975 by University of Kansas Professor Emerita Beverly Mack.
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These iron Kissi penny functioned as currency among the Kissi of present-day Liberia and Sierra Leone from approximately 1880–1940. While Kissi pennies could be used in transactions, they were also exchanged for coins and paper notes, which became the standard for trade in the latter part of the 20th century. These examples were purchased in 1975 by University of Kansas Professor Emerita Beverly Mack.

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Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
2022–2027