Necklace Currency

Ashanti · Ghana

Reference: MND-23

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Material
Murano accounts.

Necklace of Venetian or Murano beads, used as barter currency. These loose accounts were also used as a currency.

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Full original description

Necklace of Venetian or Murano beads, used as barter currency. These loose accounts were also used as a currency.

Further technical information
Attributed period
First third of the century XX or older

Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.

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Ghana. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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