Museum object · money
Contemporary manilla
1800-1968
Ghana, West Africa, Africa; Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Contemporary manilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends. The manilla has white and green pigmentation from corrosion.
- Catalog date
- 1800-1968
- Recorded places
- Ghana, West Africa, Africa; Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Africa; Commerce; Trans-Atlantic slave trade
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2014.182.58.1
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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