Large silver cuff from Ethiopia from the beginning...
Large silver cuff from Ethiopia from the beginning of the 20th century. This type of bracelet with a decoration of juxtaposed threads and beaded lines corresponds to the taste of the Oromos women of the Welo province. Linked by long-stem hinges, the decoration is an alternation of four motifs of lines of threads separated by three beaded lines. There's a rod missing to close the bracelet. At the hinges, vertical beaded lines.
Length: 7.5 cm.
Diameter: 5.6 cm.
Gross weight: 140 g.
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Large silver cuff from Ethiopia from the beginning of the 20th century. This type of bracelet with a decoration of juxtaposed threads and beaded lines corresponds to the taste of the Oromos women of the Welo province. Linked by long-stem hinges, the decoration is an alternation of four motifs of lines of threads separated by three beaded lines. There's a rod missing to close the bracelet. At the hinges, vertical beaded lines.
Length: 7.5 cm.
Diameter: 5.6 cm.
Gross weight: 140 g.