Bracelet ·  Afrique de l´Ouest · ID: 3034382

Description

ivory, slightly shiny patina, of oval form, rep. (breakage), cracks through 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