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LOT 2498
African Slave Trade Manilla Currency Bracelet Group
19TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 - 3 1/4 in. (29 grams total, 58-84 mm).
Group of two penannular round-section bracelets with clubbed ends. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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