Zemanek-Münster

Two bracelets ·  West Africa / Côte d'Ivoire · ID: 3035904

sold EUR 500
Provenance
Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1981-83)
Size
D: 6,5 cm
7 cm
D: 2.6 inch
2.8 inch

Description

ivory, shiny patina, each of oval closed form, fine cracks through age;
among the Baule it was a sign of wealth for a man to be able to offer such a bracelet to his “senior wife” when he married a second woman.


The object Two bracelets with the object ID 3035904 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 215 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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