Currency Bracelet

Lobi · Burkina Faso

Reference: MND-29

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Material
Bronze

Very thin bracelet with geometric reliefs. These bracelets besides serving as a feminine ornament were barter coins and were also part of the dowry and inheritance.…

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Very thin bracelet with geometric reliefs. These bracelets besides serving as a feminine ornament were barter coins and were also part of the dowry and inheritance. The bracelet has suffered the passage of time. Very old greenish patina.

Further technical information
Attributed period
Century XIX or older

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

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

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