Michael Backman: Art History & Material Culture
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Michael Backman: Art History & Material Culture
21. Traditional African Currency as Art: Michael Backman & Sarah Corbett in Conversation
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Michael Backman
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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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