Two bracelets
West Africa / Côte d'Ivoire
Vendu
500 €
Provenance
Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1981-83)Taille
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.