Title:
Wire Bracelet
Object Name:
Bracelet, Wire
Other Name:
Aluminum, Copper
Place of Origin:
Liberia, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
L = 7—1/2"
Possibly a currency bracelet, possibly purley decorative. Currency bracelets were used mostly for storage of wealth and for the display of wealth, or in major transactions due to their great value.
Metal was highly valued throughout Africa, and, as with most African metal items, pieces that were originally created for an entirely different purpose became viewed as wealth over time and then used as currency in trade for a wide variety of items.
Currency items were used between the 16th and 19th century, until the early 1900's when the British government sought to establish their own currency and therefore forbade the use of any other.
L = 7—1/2"
Possibly a currency bracelet, possibly purley decorative. Currency bracelets were used mostly for storage of wealth and for the display of wealth, or in major transactions due to their great value.
Metal was highly valued throughout Africa, and, as with most African metal items, pieces that were originally created for an entirely different purpose became viewed as wealth over time and then used as currency in trade for a wide variety of items.
Currency items were used between the 16th and 19th century, until the early 1900's when the British government sought to establish their own currency and therefore forbade the use of any other.
Description:
Aluminum and copper wire bracelet. Aluminum and copper wire woven together, with circular balls of aluminum on the ends.
Collection:
Marianne Keown Collection
Material:
Aluminum / Copper
Used:
Domestic Use
Technique:
Metalsmithing
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2015.3.28
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