This is a very rare and amazing antique Bette-Bendi tribe Cross River Peoples made and used copper snake currency Manilla bracelet which was collected from Cross River, Nigeria in Africa. This Bette-Bendi tribal people's rare snake bracelet currency piece was hand forged and the cobra snake head and standing body area measures 1.52 inches tall and the bracelet measures 3.48 inches wide across and has an outer circumference of 11 inches and it weighs 4 ounces. Copper is well known for being the red gold of Africa! Currency bracelets & anklets served as indications of wealth and were used to store finances, pay for dowries and buy or trade for livestock and goods. This is an amazing example and a perfect piece to add to any advanced African currency collection. The most common forms of traditional money in Africa were made of metal, either forged or cast. I combine shipping on multiple buys so please be sure to check out my eBay store Mountainamma's Marketplace where I have thousands of items to browse through from Africa and beyond. For buyers of multiple items message me before you buy for help combining shipping fees.