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ID: 300264716
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300264716

 

Record Type: concept
throwing knife money (blade currency (African currency), weapon currency, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name))

 

Note: African metal money in the form of throwing-knife blades; particularly well-known in sub-Saharan Africa.
 
Terms:
throwing knife money (preferred,C,U,English,UF,U,N)
throwing-knife currency (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
knife currency (throwing knife money) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
knife money (African currency) (C,U,English,UF,U,PN)
刀幣 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
dāo bì (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
dao bi (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
tao pi (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
mesgeld (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
moneda en forma de cuchillo (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,SN)
moneda primitiva (moneda en forma de cuchillo) (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.VK

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Exchange Media (hierarchy name)
........ Exchange Media (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of exchange media (objects)
............ exchange media (objects) (G)
Hierarchy of money (objects)
................ money (objects) (G)
Hierarchy of <money by form>
.................... <money by form> (G)
Hierarchy of weapon currency
........................ weapon currency (G)
Hierarchy of blade currency (African currency)
............................ blade currency (African currency) (G)
Hierarchy of throwing knife money
................................ throwing knife money (G)

Additional Parents:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name)
........ Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of weapons
............ weapons (G)
Hierarchy of projectile weapons
................ projectile weapons (G)
Hierarchy of <projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant>
.................... <projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant> (G)
Hierarchy of <projectiles with nonexplosive propellant>
........................ <projectiles with nonexplosive propellant> (G)
Hierarchy of throwing knives
............................ throwing knives (G)
Hierarchy of throwing knife money
................................ throwing knife money (G)
 
Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Exchange Media (hierarchy name)
........ Exchange Media (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of exchange media (objects)
............ exchange media (objects) (G)
Hierarchy of money (objects)
................ money (objects) (G)
Hierarchy of <money by form>
.................... <money by form> (G)
Hierarchy of weapon currency
........................ weapon currency (G)
Hierarchy of knife currency (general currency)
............................ knife currency (general currency) (G)
Hierarchy of throwing knife money
................................ throwing knife money (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 形式如刀刃,特別是擲刀刀刃的金屬貨幣,在非洲撒哈拉沙漠的分支地帶特別著名。 
Dutch ..... Metaalgeld in de vorm van lemmeten, met name van werpmessen; vooral bekend in Afrika ten zuiden van de Sahara. 
Spanish ..... Moneda metálica en la forma de una hoja de cuchillo, especialmente hojas de cuchillos, particularmente muy conocido en el Sahara, África. 

Sources and Contributors:
刀幣............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  國家教育研究院-雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 28 July, 2014 March 22, 2012
...........  牛津當代大辭典 1005
dao bi............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  TELDAP database (2009-)
dāo bì............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  TELDAP database (2009-)
knife currency (throwing knife money)............  [VP]
..............................................................  Quiggin, Survey of Primitive Money (1949) 68
knife money (African currency)............  [VP]
.....................................................  Kriger, Pride of Man (1999) 106
.....................................................  Opitz, Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money (2000) 180-187
.....................................................  Opitz, Odd and Curious Money (1991) 60-61
mesgeld............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
moneda en forma de cuchillo............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
...............................................  TAA database (2000-)
moneda primitiva (moneda en forma de cuchillo)............  [CDBP-SNPC]
.............................................................................  Villela, Tópicos de antropología económica (1997) 9
tao pi............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  TELDAP database (2009-)
throwing-knife currency............  [VP]
.........................................  British Museum [online] (1999-)
.........................................  Quiggin, Survey of Primitive Money (1949) 69
throwing knife money............  [VP]
...................................  British Museum [online] (1999-)
...................................  National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)
...................................  Sigler, Strange Money of the World (1960) 15
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Contributed as a candidate scope note janet Stanley, :ibrarian, National Museum of African Art, 10 May 2003
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... TELDAP database (2009-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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