Manillas, metal rings sometimes worn on the arm or wrist by certain African societies, were widely used as a medium of exchange. Huge quantities were imported into western Africa from Europe as part of the slave trade. This manilla is a late type with a teardrop footprint.

Collected by Captain Bryan Smith 23 September 1979 from Otamiri River, three miles upstream from bridge at Choccho Village, Rivers State, Nigeria.