Bracelet of "ogboni" society · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3037904
sold
EUR 450
Size
H: 12,5 cm
H: 4.9 inch
Description
bronze, openwork design, decorated with four human figures resp. half figures, fine ornaments inbetween, flaring rims with 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 calabashes.
Comparing literature
Dobbelmann, Th.A.H.M., Der Ogboni-Geheimbund, Berg en Dal 1976, ill. 133