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<p>[QUOTE="antiguamarie, post: 2309228, member: 15422"]Also - I think the suggestion that this came to Antigua via a British colonial administrator is likely correct. In the 20s-40s, there would have been close to zero travel or direct connection between local Antiguans in Antigua, and Africa.</p><p>As these were high-status objects, I imagine it could well have been presented to the British person by a West African counterpart under the indirect rule used by Britiain in West Africa in particular.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antiguamarie, post: 2309228, member: 15422"]Also - I think the suggestion that this came to Antigua via a British colonial administrator is likely correct. In the 20s-40s, there would have been close to zero travel or direct connection between local Antiguans in Antigua, and Africa. As these were high-status objects, I imagine it could well have been presented to the British person by a West African counterpart under the indirect rule used by Britiain in West Africa in particular.[/QUOTE]
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