Bracelet with coin pendants

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Bracelet with coin pendants

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Date
late 19th century
Medium
Silver
Culture
Fon
Department
Arts of Global Africa
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
136488

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More than one hundred years ago, the elite of the Danhomé Kingdom in West Africa would have worn these silver ornaments to adorn themselves and show off their wealth, and also to protect themselves from harm and evil. Fashioned by jewelers from imported silver coins, the ornaments were embellished with tiny sculptures that refer to past kings, heroic wars, and the Vodun religion. The coins attached to the ornaments date from between 1873 and 1910, bridging the last decades of the independent Kingdom and the first 15 years of French colonial rule. Fon, Benin

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The Mary Ruth Weisel Endowment for Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

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