Hand-Forged Iron Currency Torque - Mumuye or Chamba People, Nigeria.
Hand-Forged Iron Currency Torque - Mumuye or Chamba People, Nigeria.
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Hand-Forged Iron Currency Torque - Mumuye or Chamba People, Nigeria.

$395.00
The Mumuye hand-forged and twisted iron bars together to create neck collars with snake-like ends. They were used as jewelry, dowry and also served as a form of currency in the pre-colonial era.

Provenance: Pace Primitive, New York and ex. private New York collection.

Height: 10 ½"x 9" width.
On its customized 4 ⅝" x 2 ¾" base, it has a height of 12 ⅛".

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