Copper Currency, (HX type)
Date13th - 17th century
Culture of Origin
Luba
Object number2007.173
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 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, 1937Credit LinePartial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn
Dimensions1 1/4 x 1 x 1/4 in. (3.2 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm)
MediumCopper alloy
Bankutu/Bushango/Nkutu/Nkutshu
19th - 20th century
Object number: 2007.166