Brass and copper currency fragments. Some are coiled, and bent into spirals and circles, whereas others appear to have been beaten and possible moulded into shape. All have corrosion products on the surface. [ASh [OPS move] 13/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Brass and copper currency fragments. Some are coiled, and bent into spirals and circles, whereas others appear to have been beaten and possible moulded into shape. All have corrosion products on the surface. [ASh [OPS move] 13/1/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Abia Arochukwu Arochuku
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Material Copper Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Beaten, Process Hammered, Process Moulded
Dimensions: Depth: max 15 mm largest fragment, Width: max 22 mm largest fragment, Length: max 125 mm largest fragment
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.794 Other numbers: 5104
Research and responses: Arochukwu, also spelled Arochuku, town, Abia state, southern Nigeria. ... It was the seat of the sacred Chuku shrine, the source of a much-feared oracle (called Long Juju by the Europeans) that acted as a judge for the Igbo supreme deity (Chuku) [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line] [AP 5/7/2001]

Search terms: Currency, Token

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