Necklace: Pendant, 16th–18th century, Angola, Chokwe peoples, Wood, ceramic, raffia, H x W: 11 x 14 3/4in. ( x ), Wood

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Necklace: Pendant, 16th–18th century, Angola, Chokwe peoples, Wood, ceramic, raffia, H x W: 11 x 14 3/4in. ( x ), Wood-Ornaments, The broad expanse of open savanna in present-day Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola became a major center of trade between European and African peoples as early as the seventeenth century. The region was intersected by multiple trade routes that connected the Atlantic coast to the Central African interior and facilitated the exchange of European goods for African slaves and forest products such as ivory, rubber, and wax

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