Brass wire, Nigeria
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
notes: label: Description
content: Brass rods or wires, also known as Calabar Bars, were a currency of the transatlantic slave trade and continued to circulate in coastal Nigeria into the early 20th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: Nigeria
label: associated place
content: Nigeria
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: West African Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Benjamin Stack, Harvey G. Stack, and Norman Stack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.77.38.030
label: catalog number
content: 77.38.030
label: accession number
content: 1977.1211
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Copper, Wire
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Copper, Wire; Africa; Nigeria, Northern
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold/brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: formed by hand (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall:;