Multipart bracelet · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3036054
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Provenance
Argile, Arts Primitifs, Paris, FranceSize
L: 23 cm
L: 9.1 inch
Description
ivory, slightly shiny honey brown patina, 16 bracelets tied together by a band of fabric, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
all the rings are carved from a single tusk and were worn on ceremonial occasions. When not in use they were stored on a bunch of palm fibres.
Comparing literature
Fisher, Angela, Afrika im Schmuck, Köln 1988, p. 80, ill. 5