Lobi Bronze Bracelet Currency

Smooth, golden-toned open ring with rounded ends and not a mark on it.

This bracelet currency is Lobi, from Burkina Faso, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is bronze. The Lobi live in southwestern Burkina Faso and neighboring areas, and they are known for farming, for wooden figures and for metalwork. The piece reads as a clean, round-sectioned band with a soft arc and slightly bulbous terminals. A faint seam shows near one end. The surface is warm yellow-brown, polished by handling and free of engraving. It is 2.5 inches wide, 2.75 deep and 0.5 high.

Plain speaking, beautifully finished.