AFRICAN CURRENCIES

The currencies below have been vetted as authentic.


KING
Manillas

QUEEN
Manillas

CONGO
Crescent Currency


BAFIA
Currency

CHAMBA
Currency Set 11

FULANI
Coin Belts


BORNU
Bracelets

CHAMBA/YORUBA
Gong Sets

 YORUBA
Currency Objects

AFO
Currency 14


KWELE
Currency
Catalog

 

MFUNTE
Currency
Catalog

 

BUJI
Currency
Catalog

NIGERIA
Hoe
Currency

BANGALA
Currency
Catalog

 

IDOMA
Currency
Catalog

MAMBILA
"Bat"
Currenc 45

MAMBILA
Currency
Catalog

KUSU
"Boloko"
Currency

YORUBA
Money Tree
Currency

MUMUYE
Tajere
Currency



NKUTSU
Spearpoint Currency


TOMA
Currency

NO. NIGERIAN
Currency

NO. NIGERIAN
Dubil Currency

  

BABUNDA
Raffia Currency

KISSI
Pennies



MBOLE
Anklet Currency

YORUBA
Bar Currency


LOBI Snakes 2
Currency




PURR-PURR
Currency

MANILLA
Currency

Nigerian
Hoe Currency


EKONDA
Anklet
Currenc 22

 TUAREG
Bracelet
Currency


MBUM
Currency 1

HAUSA
Currency

YORUBA
MoneyBelts

POTO
Currency

HAUSA
Hoe Currency

FULANI
Post Currency

TUAREG
Hoe Currency

LOBI Snake
Currency 2


The currency below has not been vetted or has been judged as having been made to be sold.

 

MUMUYE
Currency 4



The currencies below have all been sold and are left here for educational and research purposes.

 

KATANGA
Crosses
ALL SOLD

KUBA Bar
Currency
ALL SOLD

 CHAMBA
Currency
ALL SOLD



GURUNSI
Currency
ALL SOLD


YORUBA
Money Belt 11
SOLD

SONGO
Dowel Currency
ALL SOLD

KISSI
Penny Display
SOLD

SENUFO
Anklet Currency
SOLD


YORUBA
Rattle Anklets,
SOLD

ASANTE
Goldweights
SOLD

UGANDA
Hoe Currency
SOLD

MUMUYE
Bar Currency 10
SOLD

 


IGBO
Coiled Currency
SOLD

KUBA
Bracelet 1
SOLD

BIU
Bracelet Currency
SOLD


MUMUYE
"Tajere" Display,
SOLD

NGOMBE
Bar Currency
SOLD

KISSI
Currency Bundles
SOLD

KATANGA
Cross 42
SOLD


 

TOPOKE
"Liganda" Currency
ALL SOLD



Photographs © Hamill Gallery

These catalogs represent examples of many types of 19th-20th Century 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.

 



 "Iron Throne" constructed from African currencies
(and 3 European swords) in the Hamill Gallery
by Ethan Rider and Tim Hamill
based on a concept by Bobbi Hamill.



 

Currency objects from Hamill Gallery exhibited with Ellsworth Kelly prints at Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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