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LOT 2433
African Slave Trade Bronze Manilla Bracelet Group
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 - 3 5/8 in. (981 grams total, 58-91 mm wide).
Comprising: one large with keeled body and incised decoration to the terminals; the other with a hinged round-section body and clubbed terminals. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from Morthets Auctions, Yorkshire, 2009.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
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