Bracelet · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3044784
Galerie Noir d’Ivoire, Yasmina Chenoufi, Paris, France (2009)
Description
ivory,
Bracelets are repeatedly spread with palm oil or camwood and oil. Prolonged contact with skin naturally darkens the ivory, producing yellows, oranges, and browns and the inherent grain of the material adds additional pattern to its surface.
The object Bracelet with the object ID 3044784 was part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art on November 17, 2018. The object with the lot number 133 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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Publications
AHDRC: 0059814
Notices
This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Union. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited, respectively, export licenses in third countries for objects containing or made of protected materials are only granted under stringent conditions.