Bracelet of "ogboni" society · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033983
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Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany (1973)German Private Collection, Munich
Size
H: 14,5 cm
H: 5.7 inch
Description
brass, openwork design, four human faces, concentrical ornaments inbetween, attached bells, traces of corrosion, small missing parts;
worn by kings, priests and “oshogbo” officials, part of the burial offering for deceased. Nowadays they are sometimes displayed on family altars, serving as ring-shaped support for calabashs.
Comparing literature
Witte, Hans, Earth and the Ancestors: Ogboni Iconography, Amsterdam 1988, p. 167, ill. 85