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Currency Bar, (Tajere, Losol)

Photo by Tom Joyce

Currency Bar, (Tajere, Losol)

19th - 20th century

Iron
16 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 in. (41.9 x 3.8 x 1cm)
Partial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn
2007.184
Photo by Tom Joyce
location
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 ReferencesOpitz, Charles P, An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money. Ocala, Florida: First Impressions Printing, Inc., 2000 p.332

Joyce, Tom. Life Force at the Anvil: The Blacksmith's Art From Africa. Asheville, North Carolina: Biltmore Press, 1998 p.22

Eyo, Ekpo. Nigeria and the Evolution of Money. Lagos, Nigeria: The Central Bank of Nigeria in association with The Federal Department of Antiquities, 1979 p.52, 68

Quiggin, A. Hingston. Survey of Primitive Money, Ocala: First Impressions Printing, 1992 p.87

Ballarini, Roberto. Ferri e Monete dell'Africa Equatoriale. Milan: Galleria Africa Curio, 1998 p.2

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