Bracelet with Five Pellet Bells
Bracelet for wearing, with grooves and five pellet bells or rattles.
PYB-10
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Royal Necklace Mbangba
Chief’s enthronement necklace of seventeen buffalo heads, a Bamún symbol, spaced evenly along a circular bronze band.
COLL-2
Bracelet
Small solid-bronze bracelet made using the lost-wax method. A central band has an ear-of-grain design.
PYB-12
Pendant
Fine lost-wax and filigree work. Rectangles with Akan geometric motifs.
CYA-6
Anklet
Ovoid iron anklet or bracelet, its sides forming a kind of half-closed shell.
PYB-13
Anklet
Old ankle bracelet or anklet, oblong and curved, with terminals forming geometric designs facing one another at one end and another terminal…
PYB-14
Bracelet
Open bracelet with three ledges in the form of broad nail heads and the figure of a small animal of difficult interpretation,…
PYB-15
Bracelet
Bracelet composed of three joined parts forming two concave grooves on the inner areas, beside the raised central ring and the lateral…
PYB-16
Turtle Ring
Ring with a turtle, one of the primordial animals of Dogon cosmogony.
ANLL-6
Bracelet
Bracelet with the embossed drawing of a high court dignitary.
PYB-17
Ring with Hogon on Horseback
Large ring with a small base or platform on which stands a man riding a horse representing the Hogon, the dogon's religious…
ANLL-7
Bracelet
Bronze bracelet with lace-like edges and a zigzag line of triangles containing small holes.
PYB-18
Bracelet
Bronze bracelet from the Merona region in the north of the country, made using the lost-wax process.
PYB-19
Currency Bracelet
Open bronze bracelet made using the lost-wax method. Filigree designs.
PYB-20
Amulet Pendant
Pendant used by the Lobi women to ensure protection against dangers and diseases while serving as ornament that enhances their rank.
CYA-7
Bracelet
Old bronze bracelet made by the lost-wax process.
PYB-21
Bracelet
Heavy bronze bracelet. These bracelets were offered to the new one and thus became part of the family heritage.
PYB-22
Bracelet
This old, heavy bracelet is surely a wedding gift from a father to his daughter or a man to his wife.
PYB-23
Bracelet
Small, heavy and artistic Bété bracelet. Its body is striated and forms cords.
PYB-24
Two Rings
Old Dogon rings topped with circular seals.
ANLL-8
Ring with Two Cones
Dignitary’s ring with two striated cones pointing in opposite directions.
ANLL-9
Amulet Ring
Simple ring made from two twisted copper wires. This type of amulet ring is used by most West African peoples.
ANLL-10
Funerary Stele
These funerary stelae were placed on the graves of people who died at an advanced age.
PDR-4
Royal mace
Mace used by the king of the Yaka in ceremonies affirming his power.
BST-16
