Currency Bar, (Guinze)

Date19th - 20th century

Object number2007.189

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 ReferencesBallarini, Roberto, Ferri e Monete, dell'Africa Equatoriale, Milan: Galleria Africa Curio, 1998 Schadler, Karl-Ferdinand, trans. Geoffrey P. Barwell. Earth and Ore: 2500 Years of African Art in Terra-Cotta and Metal. Eursburg: Edition Minerva Hermann Famung, 1997 Opitz, Charles P. An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money. Ocala, Florida: First Impressions Printing, Inc. 2000 Rivallian, J. and A.F. Iroko. Les Collections Monetaires. VIII: PaleMonnaies Africaines. Paris: Administration des Monnaies et Medailles, 1986 p. 13-14 Lohse, Wulf and Huberte Goote. Other People's Money. Zug, Switzerland: Huberte Goote Gallery, 1995 p.27

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

Dimensions18 x 2 1/2 x 1/4 in. (45.7 x 6.4 x 0.6 cm)

MediumIron