Copper Currency

19th - 20th century

Ngelima

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Copper alloy

38 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (97.8 x 6.4 x 6.4cm)

Partial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn

2007.167

Photo by Tom Joyce

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998

Published ReferencesBallarini, Roberto, trans. Pamela Knight, Black Africa's Traditional arms, Milano: Africa Curio, S.A.S., 1992

Lohse, Wulf and Huberte Goote. Other People's Money. Zug, Switzerland: Huberte Goote Gallery, 1995 p.34

Optiz, Charles P. An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money. Ocala Florida: First Impressions Printing Inc., 2000 p.315

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