AFRICAN CURRENCIES

Click on a name to see catalogs of specific currency forms.

BANGALA
Currency
Catalog

MAMBILA
"Bat"
Currency

BUJI
Currency
Catalog

NIGERIA
Hoe
Currency

KISSI
Penny Display
Catalog

LOBI
Snake
Currency

KWELE
Currency
Catalog

IDOMA
Currency
Catalog

MFUNTE
Currency
Catalog

EKONDA
Anklet
Currency,

YORUBA
Gong Set
Currency

MANGBETU
Knife
Currency

NIGERIA
Hoe
Currency

KATANGA
Cross
Currency

MBOLE
Anklet
Currency

MAMBILA
Currency
Catalog

 TUAREG
Tool
Currency

YORUBA
Gong
Currency

NO. NIGERIAN
Currency
Catalog

TOGO
Bracelet
Currency



GURUNSI
Currency
Catalog

MANILLA
Currency
Catalog

MANILLA
Currency
Catalog

YORUBA
Money Tree
Currency

BAMUN
Bracelet
Currency,

EKET
Blade
Currency

 KUBA
Sword
Catalog

AFO
Currency
Catalog

FULANI
Currency
Catalog

BASSA
Anklet
Currency

YORUBA
Bar
Currency

 YORUBA
Currency
Objects

 KUBA
Currency
Catalog

TARUMBA
Currency
Catalog

 

BABUNDA
Raffia Textile
Currency

FANG
Knife
Currency

POTO
Knife
Currency

MUMUYE
Currency
Catalog



PURR-PURR
Currency
Catalog

IGBO
Coiled
Currency,

MUMUYE
Bar
Currency

YORUBA
Money
Belts

SENGESE
Knife
currency

FANG
Knife
Currency

 AKAN
Anklet
Currency

KIRDI
Currency
Catalog

 BAFIA
Currency
Catalog

Nigerian
Hoe
Currency

TOMA
Currency
Catalog

 TUAREG
Bracelet
Currency

 

BABUNDA
Currency
Catalog

 

KISSI
Currency 2
Catalog

LOBI
Currency
Mounted

 

HAUSA
Currency
Catalog

 

CHAMBA
Currency
Catalog

 

MBOLE
Currency 2

KUSU
"Boloko"
Currency

  

EKONDA
Currency 2

 

BAFIA
Currency

 FANG
Currency

  KUBA Bar
Currency 

 

POTO
Currency

 

KUBA
Knives


 

MAMBILA
Currency
Catalog

 

IGBO
Coil
Currency

  

 FANG
Currency
Catalog



BAULE
Anklet
Currency,

 

KISSI
"Penny"
Currency

Photographs © Tim Hamill

These catalogs represent examples of many types of 19th-20th C. metal currencies, including weapons, tools, musical instruments and jewelry used for barter and "non-functional" versions created to resemble these forms. For a broad examination of these objects, we recommend An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money, by Charles Opitz.

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