Bronze manilla. [El.B 19/04/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bronze manilla. [El.B 19/04/2011]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Southern Nigeria Niger Delta Rivers State Bonny
Cultural groups: Ijo; Kalabari Ijo
Person: Field collector William Allan; Field collector Church Missionary Society; PRM source William Allan
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1902
Date collected: By 1902
Acquisition information: Donated: 1902
Materials and processes: Material Bronze Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions: Diameter: max 59 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1902.9.23
Research and responses: For an account by the donor of a visit to Bonny in 1888, see pages 27-30 of My Visit to West Africa (Gleaners' Union Tracts, Series A, no. 1), by the Rev. W. Allan, M.A. (London: Church Missionary Society 1889). (A copy of this booklet was transferred from the RDF for 1902.9 to the Balfour Library on 26 May 2009; a photocopy of the relevant pages being retained in the RDF for 1902.9.31-.45.) [JC 27 5 2009]

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