Torque (Currency)

Yorùbá

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Yorùbá. Torque (Currency), 17th or 18th century. Copper alloy, Dia: 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 1997.2.4. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Yorùbá

Title

Torque (Currency)

Date

17th or 18th century

Geography

Place made: Nigeria

Medium

Copper alloy

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

Dia: 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm)

Credit Line

Carll H. de Silver Fund

Accession Number

1997.2.4

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