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Description: | Manillas, metal rings sometimes worn on the arm or wrist by certain African societies, were widely used as a medium of exchange. Huge quantities were imported into western Africa from Europe as part of the slave trade. This manilla is a late type with a teardrop footprint.
Collected by Captain Bryan Smith 23 September 1979 from Otamiri River, three miles upstream from bridge at Choccho Village, Rivers State, Nigeria. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | manilla | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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