A large example of an original 'manilla". Manillas are penannular armlets, mostly in bronze or copper, which served as a form of money or barter coinage and to a degree, ornamentation, amongst certain West African peoples ] This form of African currency also became known as "slave trade money" after the Europeans started using them to acquire slaves for the slave trade into the Americas.

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