Zemanek-Münster

Bracelet ·  Côte d'Ivoire · ID: 3033497

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Provenance
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
Size
D: 9,5 cm, B: 6 cm
D: 3.7 inch, B: 2.4 inch

Description

ivory, shiny patina, of oval form, min. dam., cracks through 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.


The object Bracelet with the object ID 3033497 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 234.

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