Bracelet of "ogboni" society · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033984
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Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany (1973)German Private Collection, Munich
Size
H: 12 cm
H: 4.7 inch
Description
brass with patina, in openwork design, showing four stylized faces, hook-shaped and triangular ornaments, flat rims with eyelets running around, the original attached bells now missing, traces of corrosion, minor missing parts
The object Bracelet of “ogboni” society with the object ID 3033984 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 312.
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Comparing literature
Dobbelmann, Th.A.H.M., Der Ogboni-Geheimbund, Berg en Dal 1976, ill. 127