Anklet · Burkina Faso/ Côte d'Ivoire, Loko/ Nomo/ Ligbi · ID: 3044807
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Provenance
Jürgen Maurer, Heppenheim, GermanyDescription
five pieces, metal, anklet with ram horns, b: 16,4 cm;
additional: Burkina Faso, Gurunsi, anklet with conical-shaped projection, b: 17,7 cm; three anklets with concentrical circle ornaments, b: 13,5 - 14 cm
Oval ankle rings are one of the most widely used bracelets in West Africa. You can find them among others from Mali to Ghana and from the Ivory Coast to Nigeria.
The object Anklet with the object ID 3044807 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 114.
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Comparing literature
Glar, Wilfried, Afrikanische Reife, Teil 4: Der Grunshi-Kulturkreis, Bedburg 2009, p. 95 and 166