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Cylindrical Bracelet
The Oba and Chiefs of Benin wear a set of crafted bracelets during ceremonies and palace celebrations. They are worn around the wrists. The ivory versions are exclusively for the Oba. The Chiefs wear brass ones, which were cast or driven from brass tin.：Description: the band is divided into six vertical pointed fields, with depictions of stylized standing human figures and braid band decorations.
Type of item
- Object Type: armband
- armband
- Armband
Date
Medium
- Material: brass
- brass
- Brass
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1800
- 1800/1898
Provenance
- 1898-03-01
- Aankoop
Identifier
- RV-1164-8
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/686650
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1800
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-11T07:13:13.286Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-15T07:33:21.569Z