Copper Currency, (Manilla)

18th - 19th century

English

Spanish

Portuguese

Copper alloy

2 3/4 x 3 x 1 in. (7 x 7.6 x 2.5cm)

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

2007.160

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 ReferencesOpitz, Charles P. An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money. Ocala, Florida: First Impressions Printing Inc., 2000 p. 210-213

Tibbles, Anthony. Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity. London: National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, 1994 p.139

Quiggin, A. Hingston. Survey of Primitive Money, Ocala: First Impressions Printing, 1992 p. 89-91

Johansson, Sven-Olof. Nigerian Currencies: Manillas, Cowries and Others. Sweden: Author's Copyright, 1967 p.11-22

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