Kissi iron currency

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Single piece of iron with a flat rounded form at one end and a flat T-shaped form at the other; the iron shaft is twisted in between.

Catalog date

ca. 1863

Recorded places

West Africa, Africa

Recorded subjects

African American; Africa; Commerce; Trans-Atlantic slave trade

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