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Object Number: O.4170

Collection: Numismatics

Object Name: commemorative medallion

Description: French colonial medallion, Haute-Volta (Burkina, Africa)

Named Collection: Hull Grundy Collection

Obverse Description: figure of young woman, with baby on her back, carrying a bowl of fruit on her head. BOBO DIOULASSO FEMME DIOULA

Reverse Description: map of Haute-Volta region, depiction of man sitting outside straw hut. 1930 EMILE MONIER

Manufacturer/Maker: Monier, E

Date of Production: 1930

Associated Event: art medallion

Precise Location: Haute-Volta (West Africa)

Associated Date: 1930

Credit Line: Given by Mrs Anne Hull-Grundy, 1980.