Broad arm cuff · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3047124
sold
EUR 2,800
Provenance
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (coll. in situ, Cotonou, Benin, 1996)Size
B: 13 cm
D: 8 cm
B: 5.1 inch
D: 3.1 inch
Description
copper alloy,
Excavation finds prove that these magnificent gauntlets were worn as arm decoration by particularly privileged persons.
It is also probable that they were used on altars, where they served as a base for wooden or pumpkin calabashes.
Comparing literature
Dobbelmann, Th.A.H.M., Der Ogboni-Geheimbund, Berg en Dal 1976, p. 125 ff. Witte, Hans, A Closer Look, Berg en Dal 2004, ill. 162