Pair of Ogba Igbo dowels - Lot 84

Lot n° 84
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3000 - 3500 EUR
Pair of Ogba Igbo dowels - Lot 84
Pair of Ogba Igbo dowels NIGERIA Brass D. 34.7 cm These prestigious jewels with their size and engraved decoration, alternating lizards, solar representations and geometric symbols, were worn until around 1940. For a pair of anklets of this size and quality, see those in the Barbier-Mueller collections, now in the Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac (Arts of Nigeria, 1997, illustration 266) Ghysels (Ethnic Bracelets, 2002, page 75) and Schillings (Glittering as Gold, 2017, pages 136-137 and cover).