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Bracelet
The Oba and chiefs of Benin wear a set of decorated bracelets during ceremonies and palace festivities. They are worn around the wrists and can also be found on many relief plates. The ivory versions are reserved for the king. The chiefs wear the brass ones, which were cast or forged.ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊThe bracelet consists of eight openwork panels: four with human figures and four with a net-like framework…
Type of item
- Object Type: armband
- armband
- Armband
Date
Medium
- Material: alloy
- alloy
- Alloy
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1800
- 1800/1900
Provenance
- 1913-09-01
- ruil
Identifier
- RV-1863-28
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/720637
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- brass
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