CLOSE UP OF THE ANKLE SLAVE BRACELET

CLOSE UP OF THE ANKLE SLAVE BRACELET

this is made of bronze or brass, and weighs approximately 500gr or 1/2 a kilo
was worn at each ankle by the slaves!

CLOSE UP OF THE ANKLE SLAVE BRACELET

Category: Photograph

MCN: CA4A4-B8338-EB88E

© copyright Mon May 12 02:51:07 MDT 2008 – All Rights Reserved

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That said, in Africa, everywhere, people used to wear a lot, jewelery ,bracelets and rings ,necklesses made of brass or,gold even copper, which eople liked because it was a sign of prestige!
These objects were made in molds ,and then shapped with hammers!
And could be worked on more finely!
Some necklesses which were worked very finely showed the rank of the person in the society, or could be a luck charm.
Ankle bracelets , could be worn too, as a dancing apparel in some ethnic groups, or during the day as people vacated to their tasks!
If the bracelets indicated the social status of a individual,it had to be displayed at all time!
Tey all had a very specific code in each ethnic group, and no mistake could be made by the one displaying the apparel.
Some rings made of brass are still worn presently but aparently more by the elder generation , for whom it is a mark of prestige!

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FOR THE CHILDREN IN SOROTI UGANDA §FOR THE CHILDREN Artist: caroline caux
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DONATION OF ALL PROCEEDS FROM CARDS SALES!!!!!
For a very worthy cause, “Beacon College” in Soroti, Uganda all sales proceeds will be donated to PILGRIM-UGANDA. Pilgrim provides food, medicine and trauma counseling to refugees of Uganda’s decades-long civil war who live in refugee camps in the northeastern region of Uganda. In 2006 they started Beacon College to bring hope, healing and secondary education to refugee children.
Beacon College provides education to 470 children ages 13-21. Before coming to the school, all the children lived in refugee camps lacking basic necessities. Many of the students are former abductees – girls having been put into rape camps and boys either used as “beasts of burden” or forced to be child soldiers. Most of these children are orphans.
Your purchase will be thoroughly utilized toward the assistance of the above mentioned children, for which I can’t thank you enough. Please visit website for more information at www.pilgrim-uganda.org
Thanking you in advance,
Caroline Caux
I know some of you will think this is too late, or inconvenient, or what ever!
But I really do feel led to offer this photo for sale , for the above cause!
I know that there are so many causes to defend in the world! But I do have this one in heart!
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This photograph has won the 1st prize contest the 1st of March in the AFRICAN ART WORK GROUP

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