Jewelry

Bracelet Yoruba peoples, Owo group

Image Title:
Bracelet Yoruba peoples, Owo group

Note: 
"This magnificent ivory bracelet was the possession of a chief from the Yoruba kingdom of Owo. Scholars have suggested that items like this were worn at Ore, a ceremony that celebrated the kingdom's origins at Ife, the cradle of Yoruba civilization." Read More

Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1991

Image Source:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject:
Jewelry - Bracelet - Yoruba Peoples -  Owo Group - Yoruba kingdom - Chief  - Ife

Date
:
17th–19th century

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-JWY-1

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