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, 1937

Credit 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