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Contents

Foreword and acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Manillas from the Kingdom of Congo

2 Early written Portuguesesources on the tacoais manillas of the Portuguese

3 Excerpts from former Portuguese merchant ship’s books

4 Reports of early non-Portuguese – except English – trade journeys

5 Early English documents

6 Reports on the origin of Portuguese tacoais manillas

7 The shape of Portuguese tacoais manillas

8 Maritime Archaeology

9 African Archaeological tacoais manillas finds

10 Outlook and open questions

11 The popo manilla type

12 Wreck finds of popo type manillas

13 The so-called Birmingham manillas

14 Archaeological finds of the so-called Birmingham manillas

15 Categorising the different so-called Birmingham manillas

16 How were the so-called Birmingham (and popo) manillas produced?

17 The indigenous use of the so-called Birmingham manillas

18 The so-called king and queen manillas

19 Demonetisation of English origin manillas

20 Manillas as a symbol of state and identity

Summary

Annexe I: Benin bronze plaques with depictions of Portuguese tacoais manillas and metal analyses

Annexe II: Metal analyses of tacoais, popo, and Birmingham manillas. Including one king manilla

Annexe III: Selected currency manillas of the Ethological Museum Berlin. Metal analyses by Otto Werner 1970, 1976, 1978 and Josef Riederer 2013/14

Annexe IV: Manillas from the Adoni juju fetish house in Allabia, Southern Nigeria Whitehouse expedition in the Bende hinterland Kept in the British Museum, London

Annexe V: Statute for the demonetisation of the manillas (Ivory Coast)

Annexe VI: Statute for the demonetisation of the manillas (Nigeria). A Bill for An Ordinance to Prohibit the Use of Manillas as Currency

Bibliography

Addendum

Maps

Illustrations

Index of authors

Index of subjects