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Description : Additional Information: A very heavy cast brass or copper/zinc , legband or anklet from the Mongo people, subgroup Ekonda, who live in the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Such anklets were worn by women of high status to display their wealth. They were also used as currency. But their circulation was very limited. They were used only for transaction within ritual or matrimonial compensations or transactions. They were mostly used as reservoirs of wealth. For Similar example See the catalogue Out of Africa The Dayton Art Institute, 2001 See also the booklet THE ARTISTRY OF AFRICAN CURRENCY , fig. 10, Roberto Ballarini,Black Africa's Traditional Arms, 1992, p. 116, fig. 74
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