Copper Currency, (Mukubu wa matwi)
Date19th - early 20th century
Culture of Origin
Ngombe
Object number2007.171
Photo CreditPhoto by Tom Joyce
Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998Published 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. 49Credit LinePartial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn
Dimensions22 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 6 in. (57.2 x 9.5 x 15.2 cm)
MediumCopper alloy
Bankutu/Bushango/Nkutu/Nkutshu
19th - 20th century
Object number: 2007.166
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