Bracelet - Burkina Faso - Two Manilla payment methods.

TWO PIECES OF BRACELETS.
PROTECTION BRACELET, or MANILLA, from Burkina Faso or Mali, or Niger, West Africa.
Child size.
Traditional model protective bracelet or means of payment.
1. Twisted bracelet.
Weighs 116 g, external dimensions 5.8 x 5.8 x 2.8 cm.
2. Bracelet with knob.
Weighs 119 g, external dimensions 5.5 x 5.9 x 2.0 cm.
See also Andre Blandin's book, 1988, page 43.
Or World of Bracelets, Skira, page 43, for similar bracelets.
African bronze, made with the lost-form method, lost wax, cire perdue.
Good and attractive patina, from long use, and wear appropriate to the age.
Probably made circa 1850-1900.
See photos that are part of this description.
From an old private collection.
Carefully packed, and insured shipment with track and trace, via PostNL.
May also be collected in Leiden, Netherlands.