Large brassard · Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3047124
Vendu
2 800 €
Provenance
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (coll. in situ, Cotonou, Benin, 1996)Description
copper alloy,
Excavation finds prove that these magnificent gauntlets were worn as arm decoration by particularly privileged persons.
It is also probable that they were used on altars, where they served as a base for wooden or pumpkin calabashes.
Littérature comparée
Dobbelmann, Th.A.H.M., Der Ogboni-Geheimbund, Berg en Dal 1976, p. 125 ff. Witte, Hans, A Closer Look, Berg en Dal 2004, ill. 162