Handle Type Bracelet

Lobi · Burkina Faso

Reference: PYB-69

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Height
7 cm
Material
Unknown gray metal.

Bracelet of a grey metal, unknown, that weighs more than aluminum but less than iron, bronze, silver or brass. It ends in two balls and by…

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Bracelet of a grey metal, unknown, that weighs more than aluminum but less than iron, bronze, silver or brass. It ends in two balls and by its shape imitates the handles, bracelets used as coins in Africa until well advanced the century XX. The entire exerior part is surmounted with regular stretch marks. Old patina.

Further technical information
Width
7 cm
Attributed period
First third century XX

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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