Dogon Bronze Bracelet Currency (Manilla) bwamisociety The Airmen and the Headhunters:

The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers

This figure not only reflects the artistic ingenuity of the time but also hints at the cultural and symbolic significance of the elephant in Thai tradition

depressed globular body with a pronounced bulge resting on a flat base

and shaped into a variety of ornaments—bracelets

Dogon Bronze Bracelet Currency (Manilla) bwamisociety The Airmen and the Headhunters:Early to mid 20th century, Dogon people, Mali, West Africa Elegant cast bronze currency bracelet, created using the lost wax casting method and adorned with finely incised linear and circular motifs. This beautifully sculpted piece reflects both its function as a form of traditional wealth and the distinctive aesthetic sensibilities of Dogon metalworkers. The Dogon people inhabit the dramatic landscape of the Bandiagara Escarpment, a vast sandstone