HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century

HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century

€680.00
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HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century
  • HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century
  • HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century
  • African beads and traditional adornments
  • HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century
  • HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century
  • HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century
  • HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century
  • African beads and traditional adornments
  • HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century
  • HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century
HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century

HH 6 Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet Central Africa, Lower Congo region, 19th century

€680.00
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Prestige Arm Currency Bracelet 

Central Africa, Lower Congo region

19th century

Cast brass / copper alloy (lost-wax)

This monumental arm currency exemplifies Central African systems of value in which wealth was worn, displayed, and secured. Cast in heavy copper alloy with a hinged locking mechanism, such objects functioned as stores of wealth, media of exchange, and markers of social rank and alliance. The bracelet was documented and marked “HH 6” by the German ethnologist Hans Himmelheber during his Central African research. Retaining its original field marking, the object preserves a rare link between material culture and early 20th-century ethnographic study.

Provenance: Egon Guenther Collection,  acquired from Hans Himmrelheber
Dimensions & weight
Outside diameter: 115.82 mm
Inside diameter: 77.78 mm
Height: 75.91 mm
Weight: 1.045 kg
Material: Brass, copper alloy lost-wax cast

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