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Individual brass rings…Charlene-Sevier
Money belt
Within the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria, brass rings were compiled together on strips of leather and worn as a belt.
The rings could be broken up into smaller pieces for small transactions. Belts were also used among the Fulani – a nomadic people that reside in Chad, Mali and Cameroon.
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