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What's in Your Wallet? – African Iron Currencies

2014年8月8日星期五

African currencies defy all western notions of money. They hold symbolic, prestigious and aesthetic values that paper currencies will never have. Crafted out of iron, they are shaped as weapons, tools, adornments or abstract figures and can range greatly in size. When arranged in unique ways, these ethnographic artworks can be transformed into contemporary installations rich with cultural history...

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