African Slave Trade Copper Currency Arm Band.

An antique African style bronze metal slave bangle bracelet, trade currency or arm bracer. Produced in an Orientalist style, featuring dangling metal decorations, with incised swirling designs. No app

3 3/8" width. Larger opened form. Produced in France in emulating the ingot currency of the West African slave trade. Stable green surface coloration from undersea burial.

3 3/8" width. Larger opened form. Produced in France in emulating the ingot currency of the West African slave trade. Stable green surface coloration from undersea burial.

Currency Bracelets used as trade payment…..4 larger cuff size, 5 open cuffs or arm bands, 2 in a lighter weight metal..silver color…4 brass circular bands…manilla were used as trade Currency fro

19th to 20thC. Very large approx. 4 1/2" diameter with an inside diameter approx. 3". Very good with age appropriate surface wear and correct patina. Approx. weight 391 grams.

19th to 20thC. Heavy red copper bracelet, measures approx. 3 1/8" wide. Approx. weight 464 grams.

LARGE HEAVY AFRICAN BRONZE MANILLA CHIEF BRACELET Large and extraordinarily heavy bronze African Manilla currency bracelet or armband, likely ceremonial. Weight: 4.2 lbs Size: 5.5 x 4.25 x 5" Shipping

First half 20thC. Patinated copper, heavy at approx. 415 grams. Opening approx. 4 1/8" x 2 1/2".

Group (5) Igbo Manilla currency arm bands, Nigeria/Cameroon Region, forged copper alloy, coiled spring-form armlets, 10"l (largest), 3"dia (smallest) Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professor Phil

A group of two (2) mounted objects including a stone carve small ring currency bracelet possibly used for slave trade and a a carve squatting female figure.

Old black iron snake currency from the Lobi poeple of Burkina Faso. Good condition with a beautiful aged patina. Old copper Manilla - West African trade currency. Manillas are (almost ring-like) brace

Old copper Manilla - West African trade currency. Manillas are (almost ring-like) bracelets, mostly in bronze or copper, very rarely of gold. They served as a kind of money or barter. They were also u

Made for the slave caravans in Africa in the 19th century. The caravan or "train" is the group of captives that are chained together and brought from their homeland to market. That followed a slave ra

2 5/8" width. Shipwreck recovery with light green surface encrustation. Produced in Birmingham, England 1700-1820 in imitation of the West African originals. When first introduced, a single bracelet w

2 1/4" width with broad flamboyant flared terminals. Early form. Shipwreck recovery with light green surface encrustation. Produced in Birmingham, England 1700-1820 in imitation of the West African or

2 3/8" width. Shipwreck recovery with light green surface encrustation. Produced in Birmingham, England 1700-1820 in imitation of the West African originals. When first introduced, a single bracelet w

Over 2 1/2" width. Shipwreck recovery with light green surface encrustation. Produced in Birmingham, England 1700-1820 in imitation of the West African originals. When first introduced, a single brace

Over 3 1/4" width. Shipwreck recovery with light green surface encrustation. Produced in Birmingham, England 1700-1820 in imitation of the West African originals. When first introduced, a single brace

2 1/4" width with broad flamboyant flared terminals. Early form. Shipwreck recovery with light green surface encrustation. Produced in Birmingham, England 1700-1820 in imitation of the West African or

* A Collection of African Jewelry 19th/20th century comprising a bronze arm band, an Asante silver bracelet, a Beninese metal bracelet, a leather and quillwork amulet, two twisted copper wire bracelet

Including (7) African Brass Currency Bell Bracelets, Lobi People, Burkina Faso; PLUS: (3) Ashanti Bronze or Brass Bangles with Insects, Ghana; PLUS (4) Berber Bedoin Manillas Slave Trade Silver Repous

Dogon Peoples, (2) bronze couple pendants, Mali, copper alloy, finely cast as paired kneeling figures with hands on knees, clothed in textured bands, arm bracelets, double ring handle verso, together

Brass ..some copper open end bangle style, Cowrie pattern bracelets, with flattened designs…Possibly Nigeria or Mali…thought to promote fertility..worn by women

Often used as a form of trade or currency by nomadic tribes