Pair of Armcuffs

18th century

Bronze

5 x 4 5/16 in. (12.7 x 11 cm)

Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection

2006.51.16

Geography:

Made in Ijebu, Guinea Coast, Nigeria

Culture:

Ijebu Yoruba, Òsugbó (Ògbóni) association

Classification:

Jewelry

Status:

Not on view

Bibliography:

“Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006): 222.

Frederick John Lamp, Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2012), 90, ill.

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