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Contemporary manilla by Unknown — VisualArtsDB

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Contemporary manilla

Contemporary manilla

Contemporary manilla

1800

Medium: bronze
Genre: Money
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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businessTrans Atlantic slave trade

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Contemporary manilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends. The manilla has white and green pigmentation from corrosion.

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