African Tribal Art - Bracelets, Aït Atta People, Morocco

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Bracelets
Aït Atta people, Morocco
Silver
7.5 inches (19 cm) inner circumference, .75 inches high, 308 grams total Late 19th to early 20th century

This very wearable pair of twelve point silver bracelets are part of an ensemble in which a very spiky bracelet was worn between two of these smaller chiseled bracelets. They are thought to have been used as weapons of self defense. Late 19th to early 20th century. Ref. “A World of Bracelets” (p.21) by Anne Van Cutsem.
#7287


$600 for the pair


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