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No. 2733 | Art & Antiques

Eppli Auktionshalle, Heilbronner Straße 9-13, DE-70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen  

Saturday, October 22, 2022

Completed | Physical auction

Catalog number: 1139 / Lot number: 1073428

Konvolut Primitivgeld: 7 Stränge mit bunten Glasperlen, GABUN/KAMERUN.

Starting price 300 EUR

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not sold

U.a. venezianische Millefioriperlen. Noch bis ins 20. Jh. wurden Glasperlen in Afrika als Geldersatz zum Kauf von Waren verwendet. Die hochdekorativen Glasperlen auch Trade oder Slave beds genannt, avancierten zum Statussymbol in vielen afrikanischen Ländern und wurden über 500 Jahre lang auf der Insel Murano in Venedig extra für diesen Verwendungszweck produziert. Tlw. besch.

| Convolute primitive money: 7 strands with colored glass beads, GABUN/KAMERUN. Among others Venetian millefiori beads. Until the 20th century, glass beads were still used in Africa as a substitute for money to buy goods. The highly decorative glass beads also called trade or slave beds, advanced to a status symbol in many African countries and were produced for over 500 years on the island of Murano in Venice especially for this purpose. Partly damaged.

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