Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Ingot Currency (Lat), date unknown Thailand SIlver; 3/16 × 1 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. 2019.22.91 Ano…
Currency (Lat)
Ingot Currency (Lat), date unknown Thailand SIlver; 3/16 × 1 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. 2019.22.91 Ano…
Ingot Currency (Lat), date unknown Thailand SIlver; 3/16 × 1 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. 2019.22.91 Anonymous Gift

Currency (Lat)

ClassificationsCurrency and Exchange Objects
Made AtLaos, Asia
MediumSilver
Dimensions3/16 × 1 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. (0.5 × 4.5 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2019.22.91
DescriptionOblong silver ingot currency object with designs. Sometimes called boat money or "tiger tongue" money.
On View
Not on view
Katanga Cross, 19th to early 20th Century probably Kasai culture; Democratic Republic of the C…
Katanga Cross Currency (Handa)
Kasai
19th to early 20th Century
Katanga Cross (Handa), 19th to early 20th Century Katanga culture; Kasai River, Democratic Re…
Katanga Cross Currency (Handa)
Kasai
19th Century to early 20th Century
Iron Currency (Mfunte), 19th Century Mambila culture; Cameroon Iron; 10 x 27 in. 2003.43.15…
Currency (Mfunte)
Mambila
19th Century
Iron Currency (Mfunte), 19th Century Mambila culture: Cameroon Iron; 10 x 27 in. 2003.43.15…
Currency (Mfunte)
Mambila
19th Century
Currency, 20th Century Thailand Silver; 7 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 1/8 in. 2015.26.16 Anonymous Gift
Currency
20th Century
Arch Currency; 19th Century Mbole culture; Lomami River, Democratic Republic of the Congo B…
Currency
Mbole
19th Century
Iyembe Coiled Currency (Kongo), 19th Century Mongo culture; Ngongo-Iyembe, Democratic Republic…
Currency (Kongo)
Mongo
19th Century
Shell Ornament, mid 20th Century Sepik River region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Me…
Shell Currency
mid 20th Century
Shell Currency, 20th Century Lumi culture; Torricelli Mountains, Sandaun Province, Papua New G…
Currency
Lumi
20th Century
Shell Ring Currency (Tabu), 20th Century Tolai culture; New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Eas…
Currency (Tabu)
Tolai
20th Century
Coil Currency (Mitako), 19th Century Ngombe culture; Democratic Republic of the Congo Copper;…
Currency (Mitako)
Ngombe
19th Century
Solid Silver Currency Object, 20th Century Miao culture; Guizhou Province, China Silver; 1 1/…
Currency
Miao
20th Century
eMuseum
Copyright © eMuseum