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Bronze Ankle Dance Set

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:220.00 - 300.00 USD
Bronze Ankle Dance Set
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
Made for and used by the Bogobo tribe of Central Mindanao, southern Philippines. The larger one - used in solo - has five ball bearings and "sings" as you move it around….while the two smaller ones were used together on the other ankle and jingled nicely during the dance rituals. The set of three is not easily found today. Trade items (?) from the Maranao (?), they date to the 19th C.....but were used into the early 20th C.