Wealth Not by Any Other Name: Inland African Material Aesthetics in Expanding Commercial Times, ca. 16th-20th Centuries

[...]a woman who wore brass wire was a prodigy; she was conspicuous and above all others. - Less than a century earlier, Abdallah's fellow Yao language speakers were considered to be some of the key middlemen in the East African ivory and slave trades. [...]many would expect that the key indica...

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Vydané v:The International journal of African historical studies Ročník 48; číslo 3; s. 449 - III
Hlavný autor: Seligman, Andrea Felber
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: New York Boston University 01.01.2015
Predmet:
19th century
20th century
Aesthetics
Currencies
Currency
East Africa
Ethnography
Hmong-Mien languages
Language
Language history
Linguistics
Middlemen
Slavery
Wealth
East Africa
ISSN:0361-7882, 2326-3016
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Shrnutí:[...]a woman who wore brass wire was a prodigy; she was conspicuous and above all others. - Less than a century earlier, Abdallah's fellow Yao language speakers were considered to be some of the key middlemen in the East African ivory and slave trades. [...]many would expect that the key indicator of wealth among the Yao would be imported luxury goods or perhaps wealth in people or slaves.
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