Three arm cuffs ·  Burkina Faso · ID: 3034704

Description

brass, a) arm cuff, h: 19 cm, flaring lower rim, raised struts confining compartments which are filled with concentrical circle ornaments and engraved patterns, cast with minor missing part, small crack; b) arm cuff, h: 18 cm, cord-like band ornaments; c) arm cuff, Igbo, Nigeria, h: 18 cm, grooved pattern, missing parts in the cast

The object Three arm cuffs with the object ID 3034704 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 144 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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Comparing literature

Glar, Wilfried, Afrikanische Reife, Teil 4: Der Grunshi-Kulturkreis, Bedburg 2009, p. 149 f.