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.