Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century

Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century

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Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century
  • Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century
  • Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century
  • Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century
  • Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century
  • Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century
  • Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century
  • Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century
  • Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century
  • Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century
  • Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century
Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century

Cast Bronze Currency Bracelet Lower Niger Region Nigeria to Late 19th Century

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This substantial cast bronze currency bracelet, formed as a tall cylindrical cuff with longitudinal opening, is attributed to the Lower Niger region of Nigeria (Igbo / Ibibio cultural sphere). Unlike the widely known horseshoe-shaped Atlantic trade manillas, this example represents a band-form or cuff-type currency bracelet, worn on the forearm or ankle. Such objects functioned simultaneously as adornment, portable wealth, and units of exchange within regional trade and bride wealth systems.

Circa: Mid to late 19th century (possibly early 20th century)

PROVENANCE,  Egon Guenther Collection.

MEASUREMENTS
Height (length): 14.2 cm
Outer diameter (centre): 7.29 cm
Inner diameter: 6.8 cm
Wall thickness: 0.23 cm
Weight: 343 g

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