Coin bracelets
Igbo · Nigeria
Reference: PYB-45
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- Height
- 1 cm
- Material
- Bronze
These bracelets in addition to a feminine ornament were used as a barter coin or as part of the dowry and integrated the family heritage. The…
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Full original description
These bracelets in addition to a feminine ornament were used as a barter coin or as part of the dowry and integrated the family heritage. The body of the bracelet in its central half is smooth, the ends are decorated with parallel circular stretch marks and two semicircumferences of concentric stretch marks, being the terminals wider than the rest. The widest group of parallel stretch marks is decorated with three small contiguous balls. Old patina.
Further technical information
- Width
- 9 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Nigeria. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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