21. Traditional African Currency as Art: Michael Backman & Sarah Corbett in Conversation

World Art Now

English - June 08, 2021 15:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MB
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Traditional forms of currency used in Africa before the arrival of notes and coins took on extraordinary and large forms. Some were examples were as big as a person. Michael Backman and Sarah Corbett discuss how these currencies evolved, and their place in the canon of African art today.

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