Arm ring | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Arm ring
As early as the 14th/15th century, Portuguese traded C-shaped rings made in Europe from copper, brass, bronze and later iron for slaves and trade goods from Africa. These rings, known as manillas, were particularly widespread along the coast of West Africa and into its hinterland. The partly decorated rings were originally used as money, arm and leg jewellery, percussion instruments, bride price and, in the Kingdom of Benin, as raw material for metal casting. In 1949, the British banned their use as a means of payment and confiscated 35.5 million manillas. Most of them were scrapped. Today, manillas are coveted collector's items.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cataloguing data
Object type
Armring
Dimensions
Durchmesser: 110.0 mm
Material/Technique
Copper alloy
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/2437
Related object(s)
is related to :
I/2436
is related to : I/2438
is related to : I/2438
Provenance and sources
when
End of the 19th - 1st half of the 20th century
when
13.05.1976
where
Ghana (location/origin)
Togo (location/origin)
Benin (location/origin)
Nigeria (location/origin)
Africa (location/origin)
who
Privatbesitz - Collectors
Provenance
Nothing is known about the circumstances of the acquisition and how the property came into the possession of the businessman Dr Hans Joachim Runge.
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