Ornament Currency
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: CYA-32
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- Height
- 3 cm
- Material
- Gold metal
Adorn used mainly in the ode ceremony hats the group Akan, in some shoes and which was also used as currency and weight to weigh gold.…
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Full original description
Adorn used mainly in the ode ceremony hats the group Akan, in some shoes and which was also used as currency and weight to weigh gold. It carries a lead load in the scratch part, indicating that it was used as a weight. These pieces are very rare in our day.
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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