Axe money

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name) > Exchange Media (Hierarchy Name) > exchange media > money > <money by form> > blade money

Descripción

In Pre-Columbian Mexico, small T-shaped hachuelas or axes used as money or a unit of exchange in markets. In Africa, full size objects in the shape of an ax and used as currency.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265294

Otros términos

  • bijlgeld [nl]
  • ax money [en]
  • currency axes [en]