Armlet

18th - 19th century

Obolo

Nigeria, Niger Delta region

Copper alloy

8 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 in. (22.2 x 11.4 x 10.2cm)

Partial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn

2007.154

Photo by Tom Joyce

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998

Published ReferencesBorel, France. Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994 p.81

Eyo, Ekpo and Frank Willett. Arts du Nigeria. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1997

Anderson, Martha G. and Philip M. Peek, eds. Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta, Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2002 p. 54-55

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