TERA Gallery - African Art and Antiquities

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Type of Object:     
    Calabar Bracelet Twist Manilla
    17th c.

    Created from old calabar from the old Dutch and/or English
    copper trade bars.  Heavy verdigris encrustation indicative of
    lengthy burial.

Ethnic Group:       
    Yoruba Society

Country of Origin:    
    Nigeria      

Material:          
    Solid copper forged from a single (split) "calabar" trade bar

Dimensions:


Reference:                  
    Ginzberg's African Forms – page 209 .