Brass wire, Nigeria
Brass wire, Nigeria
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- Description
- Brass rods or wires, also known as Calabar Bars, were a currency of the transatlantic slave trade and continued to circulate in coastal Nigeria into the early 20th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Copper, Wire
- alternative currency
- Other Terms
- Copper, Wire; Africa; Nigeria, Northern
- date made
- n.d.
- place used
- Nigeria
- associated place
- Nigeria
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- gold/brown (overall color)
- formed by hand (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall:;
- ID Number
- NU.77.38.030
- catalog number
- 77.38.030
- accession number
- 1977.1211
- Credit Line
- Benjamin Stack, Harvey G. Stack, and Norman Stack
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- West African Currency
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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