Antique African bronze manilla with intricate detail. It might have also been

It might have also been believed that the presence of these mummified animals also scared away rats and mice

This is a really nice looking and a very tactile item

the cylindrical neck

The Africans of each region had names for each variety of manillas

The practice of putting sealing up dead animals into the walls of houses has been going since the middle ages in Europe

Antique African bronze manilla with intricate detail. It might have also beenA nice 19th Century solid bronze manilla with great colour and patina. The outer maximum diameter is 88mm, inner minimum diameter is about 58mm and it is about 16mm deep. This bracelet weighs about 350g. It has a cylindrical body with copious tooled decoration and angled terminals. There are surface marks and imperfections consistent with the age and hand made items, but no signs of damage and no evidence of any repairs or restoration. The early