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AFRICA NIGERIA YORUBA MINI-MONDUA CURRENCY ODD AND CURIOUS MONEY ETHNOGRAPHIC
AFRICA NIGERIA YORUBA MINI-MONDUA CURRENCY ODD AND CURIOUS MONEY ETHNOGRAPHIC
AFRICA NIGERIA YORUBA MINI-MONDUA CURRENCY ODD AND CURIOUS MONEY ETHNOGRAPHIC
AFRICA NIGERIA YORUBA MINI-MONDUA CURRENCY ODD AND CURIOUS MONEY ETHNOGRAPHIC
AFRICA NIGERIA YORUBA MINI-MONDUA CURRENCY ODD AND CURIOUS MONEY ETHNOGRAPHIC

AFRICA NIGERIA YORUBA MINI-MONDUA CURRENCY ODD AND CURIOUS MONEY ETHNOGRAPHIC

$ 14.78

Availability: 87 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Nigeria
  • Culture: African
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: Made from a thin gauge brass calabar rod bent by African smiths into a bracelet or child's armband. Calabar rod currencies are the oldest African trade money dating back to at least the 12th century. They predate Manillas. Has a dark-green patina. Wt: 5.30 oz. Aprox. Length: 56mm. Inner Diameter: 50mm.
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1600-1900
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Handmade: Yes

    Description

    Authentic, antique bracelet that I purchased in July, 2009 from primitive money expert and coin dealer Scott Semans. His catalog comments on this particular item were: "Miniature Mondua-like piece with bulbous ends and coils of irregular flat "wire". Probably cast entire, then bent. Brass with such a hard green patina is clearly very old".