Bracelet · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3033720
sold
EUR 800
Size
D: 11 cm, B: 5,5 cm
D: 4.3 inch, B: 2.2 inch
Description
ivory, honey brown patina, of oval form, natural grains, min. dam.;
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