Currency
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- Title:
- Currency
- Date:
- 1890
- Description:
- Currency in the form of a heavy hemispherical bangle with beveled edges. Created with puddle mold method of casting. Origin Bambole, Bayele, and Balengo people of the Mbole region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
- Collection Title:
- William McCarthy and Martin Barbeau Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
- Media Type:
- Objects
- Topical Subject:
- Mbole (African people)--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century and Mbole (African people)--Money--19th century
- Geographic Subject:
- Africa, Africa, Sub-Saharan, Africa, Central, and Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Shelving Locator:
- 2004.002.001
- Date Digital:
- 2010-03-30
- Digitization Specifications:
- 300 dpi; Nikon D80 camera; archival images in .tif and .nef formats.
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital image copyright 2010, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 30827
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