sentences:  Originating before the colonial period, perhaps as the result of trade with the Portuguese Empire, Manillas continued to serve as money and decorative objects until the late 1940s and are still sometimes used as decoration.In popular culture, they are particularly associated with the Atlantic slave trade.The name "manilla" is said to derive from the Spanish for a 'bracelet' , the Portuguese for 'hand-ring' , or after the Latin (hand) or from , plural of (necklace).