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when
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End of the 19th - 1st half of the 20th century
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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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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Armring
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 110.0 mm
- Material/Technique
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Copper alloy
- Current location
- Museum Natur und Mensch
- Inventory number
- I/2437
- Related object(s)
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Change of legal title:
Purchase-
when
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13.05.1976
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Ghana (location/origin)Togo (location/origin)Benin (location/origin)Nigeria (location/origin)Africa (location/origin)
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who
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Privatbesitz - Collectors
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
- Provenance
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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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- Legal status metadata
- CC0 1.0 DEED
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