Hoe Currency

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Title Hoe Currency

Date Unknown

Medium Iron

Dimensions Object: 6 3/8 × 4 3/4 × 3/8 in. (16.2 × 12.1 × 1 cm)
Overall: 6 3/8 × 4 3/4 × 3/8 in. (16.2 × 12.1 × 1 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Tom Joyce, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2005.223

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The sharpness and control associated with a blade make it an apt symbol for the power associated with money. Although many currencies are copper-based metals, blade currency is most often iron, the more difficult of the two metals to work.

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"Hoe Currency | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2005.223