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Manilla
A ring of metal worn on the arm or wrist in certain African societies and used as a medium of exchange. They were also widely used as currency and a medium of exchange. Huge quantities were imported into western Africa from Europe to finance the transatlantic slave trade.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA2820 |
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| Collection: | World Cultures |
| Type: | Manilla |
| Display location: | Display - Atlantic Gallery |
| Date made: | 1750; Before 1949 |
| Exhibition: | The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire; Enslavement and Resistance |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 25 x 65 mm |