Zemanek-Münster

Bracelet

West Africa
sold EUR 450
Provenance
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
Size
D: 8 cm
B: 5,5 cm
D: 3.1 inch
B: 2.2 inch

Description

ivory, slightly shiny patina, of oval form, rep. (breakage), cracks through 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

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