Bracelet of "ogboni" society ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3036553

Description

brass with patina, decorated with twelve human faces and arch-shaped ornaments, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of corrosion;
worn by kings, priests and “oshogbo” officials, used as burial objects as well. Nowadays they are sometimes displayed on family altars, serving as ring-shaped support for calabashs.

The object Bracelet of “ogboni” society with the object ID 3036553 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 509.

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Comparing literature

Witte, Hans, A Closer Look, Berg en Dal 2004, p. 173