Four manillas · Burkina Faso, Gurma · ID: 3034713
Description
brass, a) open ring with triangular profile, d: 6,5 cm, incised ornaments with triangles and circles, slightly deformed; b) heavy bulgy ring, d: 8,5 cm; c) open ring with oval flattened endings, Senufo, Ivory Coast, d: 8 cm, embellished with burls; d) heavy silver-coloured manilla with incised patterns, d: 6 cm
The object Four manillas with the object ID 3034713 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 146 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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Comparing literature
Glar, Wilfried, Afrikanische Reife, Teil 5: Die Gurma, Bedburg 2008, p. 54