Bracelet · Nigéria · ID: 3033268
Vendu
300 €
Provenance
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, GermanyHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
Description
ivory, slightly shiny patina, of oval form, min. dam., cracks because of old age;
the origin of such bare bracelets without decor can hardly be determined. Among the Baule for example, 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.
Littérature comparée
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 219