African Currency

Antique Massive Yoruba Copper Bracelet – Manilla – African Currency – Nigeria

19th century. Copper grams 1.448,0 (51.08 oz.). Cm. 10,0 high x cm. 12,0 width x cm. 4,0 thickness (3.94″ x 4.72″ x 1.57"). The Yoruba people are an African ethnic group that inhabits western Africa, mainly Nigeria and Benin. As an ethnic description, the word “Yoruba” (or more correctly, “Yaraba”) was originally in...

Old African Currency – IYEMBE – DR Congo

The piece is cm. 85,0 high  x cm. 10,0 width (33.46″ x 3.93″). Copper zoomorphic spiral (snake) made with a hexagonal section rod. The section in the upper part is larger than in the lower. They were very important objects for the Iyembe who used them for paying the wedding dowry. For a similar example see: "The...