Neckring · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3034206
sold
EUR 650
Size
D: 26,5 cm
D: 10.4 inch
Description
bronze, massive oval ring, getting thinner towards the funnel-shaped endings, collection number “1853”, traces of corrosion;
despite of the enormous weight once worn by women during special masquerades, in later times used as means of payment.
Comparing literature
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 222