The Manilla Money of West Africa
Searching for Traces and Forensics 1439 - 2016

The money manillas from Portugal, England and France are among the best-known non-monetary means of payment in West Africa.

Arm, foot and neck are probably the most widespread jewelery objects in Africa. The interested person is thus faced with the task of determining from the flood of metallic hoops and rings those that were really made andused as non-monetary means of payment

Denk supports the collector (ethnologists, traders, museum administrators, historians, etc.) in this differentiation with scientific completeness and accuracy. He "animates" his objects by placing them in theirhistorical and ethnological context and showing their significance for the colonial policy of the time - money manillas have always been a product manufactured and imported by the Europeans.

It has become the reference work in this field.

Think, Rolf: The manilla money of West Africa. Searching for evidence and forensics 1439-2016. Rüsselsheim 2017, 247 pages. Hardcover 55,00 EUR, Paperback 35,00 EUR. (book on demand)

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