Three anklets "kperengangobli" and a bracelet ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3034703

Description

brass, a) h: 12 cm, d: 7,5 cm; b) h: 11 cm, d: 9 cm; c) h: 8,5 cm, d: 8,5 cm; massive rings, round bodied on the outside, decorated with fine grooved decor, partly concentrical half circles, circumferential slit; additional: d) a smaller ring, h: 4 cm, d: 7 cm;
“kperengangobli” anklets were used both, as primitive money and as ornament. They were made with lost wax fusion process. Empty inside to make them lighter. Sometimes these anklets were kept above the family altars as a sign of prestige.

The object Three anklets “kperengangobli” and a bracelet with the object ID 3034703 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 174 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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Comparing literature

Bartolomucci, Adolfo, African Currency, Mailand 2012, ill. 8