Antique Beautiful Marble Bracelet – Hombori – West Africa

19th century or early 20th. Marble. Dimeter cm 10,5 (4.13″); inner diameter cm. 7,0 (2.76″). Grams 233,1 (8.22 oz.).

Hombori is the name of a chain of mountains, and the region around in West Africa. Dogon, Songhai, Fulani, Mossi, Frafra and some other groups wear this sort of bracelets. The region is rich in different stones, one of them is this kind of marble.

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