Copper Currency, (HX type)

13th - 17th century

Luba

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Copper alloy

1 1/4 x 1 x 1/4 in. (3.2 x 2.5 x 0.6cm)

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

2007.173

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 Referencesde Heusch, Luc, ed., Objects: Signs of Africa, Ghent, Belgium: Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1996 p. 133-145

Herbert, Eugenia W. Red Gold of Africa: Copper in Precolonial History and Culture. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984 p.186-195

Cline, Walter. Mining and Metallurgy in Negro Africa. Mensha: George Bauta Publishing Company, 1937

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