Currency Bar, (Guinze)
Date19th - 20th century
Culture of Origin
Kissi/Toma
Maker
Sierra Leonean
Maker
Liberian
Maker
Guinea
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
Lokele/Turumba/Topoke
19th-20th century
Object number: 2007.208