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Object Number
988-18-50/12428A
Display Title
Manillas, four (a-d)
Descriptions
Object Description
Manillas, four (European-made trade currency)
Inventory Description
Circular iron cuff, flat ends
Classification
- Currency
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Metal, Iron?, Bronze?
Dimensions
Overall: 1.9 x 8.5 x 7.5 cm (3/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
988-18-50/12428A
Provenance
Provenance
Ouattara
(10/87-8/88)
Collector
Christopher B. Steiner
(10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor
Christopher B. Steiner
(10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 988-18-50/12428C | Manillas, four (a-d) |
Currency
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Africa
| |
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| 988-18-50/12428B | Manillas, four (a-d) |
Currency
|
Africa
| |
|
| 988-18-50/12428D | Manillas, four (a-d) |
Currency
|
Africa
| |
| 2000.29.54 | Currency, manilla |
Currency
|
Mali
Nigeria | |
| 2000.29.56 | Currency, manilla |
Exchange medium
|
Mali
Nigeria | |
| 16-43-50/B1479 | Ivory female figurine with manillas |
Statue
|
Nigeria
| |
| 2004.24.36456 | Ivory female figurine with manillas |
Photographic
|
Benin
| |
| 2000.29.62 | Currency, manilla |
Exchange medium
|
Nigeria?
| |
| 2000.29.55 | Manilla or ingot |
Exchange medium
|
Nantef?
Birmingham? | |
| 2000.29.61 | Currency, manilla |
Exchange medium
|
England?
| |
| 2000.29.37 | Currency, cuff form |
Currency
|
Chad?
| |
| 988-18-50/12522 | Iron currency, "Kissi penny" |
Currency
|
Sierra Leone
Guinea Liberia |