E0693: Currency

Ethnographic

Identifier:
E0693
Classification Category:
8:Communication Artifacts ➞ Exchange Medium
Marks/Labels:
Mounted in a frame describing it: ""Chinese sword (coin) Barter of the Cleo Dynasty 1122 BC. About 3000 years old, found in ancient tomb at U-AN city, province of Honan. Relic of missionary Agnes Kittilsby presented by Anna Kittilsby.""
Materials:
metal
Dimensions:
14 cm L
2 cm H
Provenance of Object:
This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Source Locality:
China
Acquisition Date:
July 15 1950
Description:
Framed coin used for bartering. It is very corroded.
Related Collections
Accession: 1996.ETHN62, 1/1/96
Donated by: Unknown
(1996.ETHN62)