Ozikoro
OzikoroArchive

Archive · Photograph

Paul Craddock of the British Museum Research Labora- tory has pointed out that the silver in metals used at Igbo Ukwu would almost certainly have been recovered by Euro- pean and Arab smiths of the period, while the unusually low iron content suggests the copper was made by a very primitive technology. It is thus unlikely that the metals used at Igbo Ukwu were prepared north of the Sahara.

Paul Craddock of the British Museum Research Labora- tory has pointed out that the silver in metals used at Igbo Ukwu would almost certainly have been recovered by Euro- pean and Arab smiths of the period, while the unusually low iron content suggests the copper was made by a very primitive technology. It is thus unlikely that the metals used at Igbo Ukwu were prepared north of the Sahara.

Paul Craddock of the British Museum Research Labora- tory has pointed out that the silver in metals used at Igbo Ukwu would almost certainly have been recovered by Euro- pean and Arab smiths of the period, while the unusually low iron content suggests the copper was made by a very prim itive technology. It is thus unlikely that the metals used at Igbo Ukwu were prepared north of the Sahara.

Ref.OZ-P-3053
TypePhotograph · image/jpeg
Added27 November 2024
Dimensions1125 × 2002
Size929 KB
Rightsnot recorded

Used in

Reusing this

No rights statement is recorded against this item, so permission has not been established either way. Write to the archive before republishing it.