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Kissi Pennies, Kissi people (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea), collected between 1960-73 (iron)

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Kissi Pennies, Kissi people (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea), collected between 1960-73 (iron)
Artist
African, (20th century) / African
Location
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Medium
iron
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various cms
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Kissi penny; Kissi twists; Kissi money was introduced by the Kissi, Loma and Bandi peoples living in the border regions of what is now Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea; usually grouped in bundles of twenty, they can also be used individually; 'money with a soul'; 30 or 40 bundles of 20 pieces each would buy a cow, 60 or 80 would buy a wife;

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© Lowe Art Museum / Gift of Professor and Mrs. Robert R. Ferens / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
decoration / religious / spiritual / liberian / african / rods / africa / symbolic / currency / primitive / magical / twisted / tribal / cermonial / traditional / powers

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