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LOT 2404
African Brass Kano Bracelet
OKOMBO TRIBE, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (92 grams, 75 mm).
Comprising a plain round white brass penannular body with clubbed ends. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Nigeria, West Africa.
From an old Derby, UK, specialist collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
This is a Kano Bracelet from northern Nigeria. The bracelet is the most common money form in Africa. It served the important monetary functions of portability and wealth display. Variants of this form were accepted virtually everywhere in Africa.
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