Bracelet
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold
EUR 400
Size
B: 5 cm
D:8 cm
B: 2.0 inch
D:3.1 inch
Description
ivory, shiny patina, ring-shaped with flaring sides, min. dam., fine 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.