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Machette

Machette from Kenya

Description:

Machette from Kenya.

Date: unknown

Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu

Manillas

Manillas, a type of currency in Africa

Description:

Five manillas, from West Africa, showing variations in size and shape. Manillas were brass bracelet-shaped objects used by Europeans in trade with West Africa, from about the 16th century to the 1930s. They were made in Europe, perhaps based on and African original.Once Bristol entered the African trade, manillas were made locally for export to West Africa.

Date: unknown

Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu

Object ID:T/NIG/198,199,197 / T/UEAF/1

Edan figures

Pair of figures

Description:

Pair of Edan figures of the Ogboni Society from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Edan figures are symbols of authority.

Creator: Yoruba

Date: unknown

Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu

Object ID:T/NIG/736

Manilla

Manilla, a type of currency in Africa

Description:

Manilla. Manillas were brass bracelet-shaped objects used by Europeans in trade with West Africa, from about the 16th century to the 1930s. They were made in Europe, perhaps based on an African original.Once Bristol entered the African trade, manillas were made locally for export to West Africa.

Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu

Object ID:NIG:C:82

Edan figures

Pair of figures

Description:

Pair of Edan figures of the Ogboni Society from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Edan figures are symbols of authority.

Creator: Yoruba

Date: unknown

Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu

Object ID:T/NIG/192

Manillas

Manillas, a type of currency in Africa

Description:

Two manillas, from Nigeria. Manillas were brass bracelet-shaped objects used by Europeans in trade with West Africa, from about the 16th century to the 1930s. They were made in Europe, perhaps based on an African original.Once Bristol entered the African trade, manillas were made locally for export to West Africa.

Date: unknown

Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu

Object ID:T/NIGE?192

Part of entry under sugar

Part of entry under sugar

Description:

Chambers Encyclopaedia 1783.
Part of entry under sugar.

Date: 1783

Copyright: Copyright Bristol University

Leaflet against Conservative candidate

Leaflet issued against Conservative candidate

Description:

Pinney Papers. Lyme Regis Elections.
Leaflet issued against Mr Hampden, Conservative candidate in the Lyme Regis election of 1837, describing his cruelty in advocating the flogging of female slaves.

Date: 1837

Copyright: Copyright Bristol University

Leaflet against Conservative candidate

Leaflet issued against Conservative candidate

Description:

Pinney Papers. Lyme Regis Elections.
Leaflet issued against the Conservative candidate in the Lyme Regis election of 1837, with a song about his cruelty to his slaves.
William Pinney was standing for the whigs (now the Liberal Democrats), and won by 34 votes.

Date: 1837

Copyright: Lent to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Leaflet against Conservative candidate

Leaflet issued against Conservative candidate

Description:

Pinney Papers. Lyme Regis Elections.
Leaflet issued against the Conservative candidate in the Lyme Regis election of 1837. The candidate, Renn Hampden, was a former resident slave owner in Barbados. His opponents alleged he was cruel and inhumane.

Date: 1837

Copyright: Copyright Bristol University

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