Bracelet · Nigeria · ID: 3033268
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, GermanyHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
Size
D: 11 cm
B: 5 cm
D: 4.3 inch
B: 2.0 inch
Description
ivory, slightly shiny patina, of oval form, min. dam., cracks because of old age;
the origin of such bare bracelets without decor can hardly be determined. Among the Baule for example, it was a sign of wealth for a man to be able to offer such a bracelet to his “senior wife” when he married a second woman.
Comparing literature
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 219