Hair Pin
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: CYA-23
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- Height
- 6 cm
- Material
- African Bronze
Pin used by the women of Baulé and also of other ethnic groups to hold the hair. For decades it was also used as a currency…
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Full original description
Pin used by the women of Baulé and also of other ethnic groups to hold the hair. For decades it was also used as a currency and as a weight to weigh gold.
Further technical information
- Width
- 3 cm
- Attributed period
- First third century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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