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AFRICA: LOT of 3 brass bracelets

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:85.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
AFRICA: LOT of 3 brass bracelets
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AFRICA:LOT of 3 pieces of brass tribal bracelets, 75mm, 78mm, 94mm, all with varying degrees of ornamentation, retail value $200, lot of 3 items, ex Charles Opitz Collection. The bracelet is the most common money form in Africa. It served the important monetary functions of portability and wealth display.Variants of this form were accepted virtually everywhere in Africa, with the result that today it is often difficult to know where a particular type originated or was used, and to what extent it was either money or jewelry.