Ronde, tweedelige armring; van binnen glad, de buitenzijde met vlechtbandmotieven en een dubbelkoppige slang geornamenteerd.
Naast de cilindervormige armbanden gebruiken de Oba en chiefs ook armringen, die bij gewone gelegenheden gedragen kunnen worden
Materiaal en techniek (NB: ook thesaurustermen aanpassen!)material
'The Museum Volkenkunde purchased a bracelet (RV-2799-2) on 8 April 1949, another bracelet (RV-2837-1) in December 1949 and a brass figure (RV-2975-1) on 14 January in 1952 from Matthias Ludovicus (Louis) Joannes Lemaire (1891 – 1979) who founded his galerie Lemaire in 1933 (MR-L: NL-LdnRMV-A03_066_0070).
The other bracelet (RV-2837-1) acquired through Lemaire is listed in the museum register as having been purchased in December 1949 (MR-L: LdnRMV_A03_067_0004). No correspondence relates to this object directly, but there is a purchase statement of January 1950 which indicates that some things were bought from Lemaire for fl. 280. Since this is one of the two objects that was purchased from Lemaire between December and April, it is likely that this bracelet was paid for in January 1950 (NL-LdnRMV-A1-138-421). The Ethnologisches Museum Berlin has several similar bracelets in its collection (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin 2020a, b).'
(Excerpt from Provenance no. 2, 'The Benin Collections at the National Museum of World Cultures' written by Rosalie Hans with Annette Schmidt, 20-01-2021)
For more information about the provenance, see <a href="https://issuu.com/tropenmuseum/docs/2021_provenance_2__benin__e-book" target="_blank"> Provenance #2 – the Benin collections at the National Museum of World Cultures </a> (NB: Issuu uses cookies).