Lobi Bronze Bracelet Currency

Narrow open ring with a stitched rope-like edge and a little knob at each end.

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. In form, a rounded band with a row of tiny beaded notches along the outer side and a small raised nub near each terminal. The ends are flat and slightly angular. The surface is a warm, golden-brown with darker patches in the hollows. It is 2.75 inches wide, 2.75 deep and 0.5 high.

Plain at heart, but it finished the edge nicely.