Ref: C-477
Height: 32.5 cm
Product description
Mumuye currency of Nigeria. Part of over 50 years delivered on base.
The African continent is particularly rich in so -called "primitive" coins.
Many are in black iron, particularly sought -after metal, others are copper, more precious than gold, brought by the Portuguese to pay slaves, others in glass pearls, human or animal teeth ...
The list would be long, but each currency is an artistic treasure ...
All the currencies presented were used to finalize transactions between individuals or tribes.
They could also be used at individual ends, to buy livestock, consumer goods or serve as a dowry at a marriage.
These currencies were sometimes carried into ornaments, and were transmitted in the lineage.
Part delivered with an invoice and a certificate of authenticity.
African art Masks of Africa
African art African Tribal Art Arte Africana Afrikanische Kunst
Mumuye currency of Nigeria. Part of over 50 years delivered on base. The African continent is particularly rich in so -called "primitive" coins.
Many are in black iron, particularly sought -after metal, others are copper, more precious than gold, brought by the Portuguese to pay slaves, others in glass pearls, human or animal teeth ...
The list would be long, but each currency is an artistic treasure ... All the currencies presented were used to finalize transactions between individuals or tribes.
They could also be used at individual ends, to buy livestock, consumer goods or serve as a dowry at a marriage.
These currencies were sometimes carried into ornaments, and were transmitted in the lineage. Part delivered with an invoice and a certificate of authenticity. African art African Tr