Africa's Iron and Copper Currencies Exhibit

SPECIAL EVENT

Columbia University Libraries
and
The Institute of African Studies in the
School of International & Public Affairs
present

AFRICA'S IRON AND COPPER
CURRENCIES

March 2 -- March 31, 2000

An exhibition of iron and copper currencies from West and West-Central Africa. Centuries old African currency is radically different from the minted coinage known in the Middle-East and European cultures. In regions of Central and Western Africa, iron and copper money was made in many forms, ranging in size from one inch to nearly six feet and in weight from less than one ounce to ten pounds. These instruments of exchange were used to buy everyday things or major purchases. Some two hundred examples are now on view in the Rotunda, Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm through March 31, 2000.

Curator, Philip Gould, Professor Emeritus, Sarah Lawrence College.

The Rotunda of Low Memorial Library
Columbia University
116th Street and Broadway
New York, New York

Suggested Reading.

This exhibition is co-sponsored by The Chase Manhattan Bank and CITIBANK.