Ring money, Nigeria
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
notes: label: Description
content: The phrase <i>ring money</i> refers to metal rings that may have been used in exchange or for jewelry in West Africa. These rings were made from various metals including silver, brass, and copper. Due to limited information about the origins of the ring money in the National Numismatic Collection it is not possible to determine if this specific object was used as a medium of exchange, worn as jewelry, or produced as a replica.
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: Mendel Peterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.70.80.17
label: catalog number
content: 70.80.17
label: accession number
content: 288726
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ring Money
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Ring Money; Africa; Nigeria
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shaped by hand (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: gold/brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall:;
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 12.7 mm x 61.25 mm; 1/2 in x 2 7/16 in