Manillas Bracelets Coin Brass Copper Africa

Manillas Bracelets Coin Brass Copper Africa 1440680
PLATINUM Seller in Milano, Italy

Item description

Group of twelve "manillas" (coin bracelets), in different alloys and with geometric decorations, coming from a much larger private collection of an important Milanese family. These objects, coming from the sub-Saharan area of West Africa, where they were produced with the dual purpose of corporal decoration and form of hoarding (often nuptial coins)They were imported in large quantities by European merchants who bought them at vile prices to sell them by weight.

ID: 2096-1635347354-26431

Item details

Gold
Gold

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Metal

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Worn

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10 cm

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