Two manillas ("copper currency") · D. R. Congo, Ngombe · ID: 3034707
sold
EUR 260
Provenance
a) Bert Garrebeek, Beersel, Belgium (1986)Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
Description
Gelbguß, a) arm cuff, h: 11,5 cm/d: 9 cm; b) bracelet, h: 5 cm, d: 9 cm;
this solid open bracelets were used as exchange money by many Mongo groups. Horizontal stripes are its characteristic feature and it takes quite a skilled blacksmith to manufacture it.
Comparing literature
Ballarini, Roberto, The perfect form, Mailand 2009, p. 329, ill. 5.109