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Fem Manillas 1800-tal - Elfenbenskusten / Birmingham (Storbritannien) (Utan reservationspris)
Nr 82962985
Fem Manillas 1800-tal - Elfenbenskusten / Birmingham (Storbritannien) (Utan reservationspris)
Presented are five very old "Manilla,s" , made in Britain (Birmingham) in the late 19th Cent. These bronze manilla's were used as a vorm of non-traditional currency in especially West-Africa. These specific items were collected in the Ivory Coast in the 1980's. Nice patina on the items.
For further reading see; Charles J. Opitz; An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money. Page 210 and following
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