Zemanek-Münster

Bracelet ·  West Africa · ID: 3034800

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Size
B: 4,5 cm
D: 12,5 cm
B: 1.8 inch
D: 4.9 inch

Description

ivory, oval closed form, partly darkened, old handwritten label (mostly unreadable: “Ivory anklet…”), min. dam., hairline cracks, deeper cracks on both sides;
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 3034800 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 328.

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