TERA Gallery - African Art and Antiquities

"Altering The Way You View The World Of Art"
Type of Object:     
    Chamba Currecny
    19th - 20th c.

    These handforged tools were used hundreds of years ago and
    used by the small Chamba or Mambila Societies living in the
    mountainous areas bordering to Nigeria or Chad.   These
    Currencies have been used to pay for brides.

Ethnic Group:    
    Chamba Society         
    Yoruba Society
    Igbo Society

Country of Origin:     
    Nigeria     

Material:                       
    Iron

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