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Kissi pennies are made from iron and take their name from the Kissi people of modern-day Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. It is believed that the shape was intended to …
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Tiny fragment of a Coptic tapestry weave textile. One of a group of fragments of Coptic textiles purchased by the museum in the 1960s, when the Textile Division was tasked …
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Fiber sample, M. Rouge Aloe, (Sansveira Guineensis), from Mombasa, East Africa, ca. 1885. One of a group of fiber samples given by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, in 1885, …
