Copper Currency, (Mukubu wa matwi)

19th - early 20th century

Ngombe

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Copper alloy

22 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 6 in. (57.2 x 9.5 x 15.2 cm)

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

2007.171

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 ReferencesHurst, Norman and Anne D'Alleva, African Arts of War and Peace, Cambridge: Hurst Gallery, 1998 p. 43

Opitz, Charles P. An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money. Ocala, Florida: First Impressions Printing Inc., 2000 p. 232

Van Geluwe, H., T. Paradijs, and H. Nauts. De Mongo Cultuur: Bewoners Van Het Evenaarswould in Zaire. Brussels: Gemeentekrediet, 1984 p. 49

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