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 d'item
- Object Type: armband
- brassard
- Brassard
Date
Support
- Material: brass
- laiton
- Laiton
Institution partenaire
Agrégateur
Licence du support dans cet enregistrement (sauf indication contraire)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Date de création
- 1800
- 1800/1898
Provenance
- 1898-03-01
- Aankoop
Identificateur
- RV-1164-8
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/686650
Fait partie de
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Année
- 1800
Pays fournisseur
- Netherlands
Nom de la collection
Première publication sur Europeana
- 2020-03-11T07:13:13.286Z
Dernière mise à jour de l'Institution partenaire
- 2022-10-15T07:33:21.569Z