id:			150935
accession number:	1982.341.1
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.341.1
updated:		2022-01-04 16:56:46.731000

Bracelet, before 1927. Africa, West Africa, Liberia, Dan-style maker. Copper alloy; overall: 16 x 14.2 cm (6 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Willett Rankin Wilson, in memory of Audley R. and Edna Moore Wilson 1982.341.1

title:				Bracelet
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			before 1927
creation date earliest:		1920
creation date latest:		1927
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Gift of Willett Rankin Wilson, in memory of Audley R. and Edna Moore Wilson
copyright:			

---

culture:	Africa, West Africa, Liberia, Dan-style maker
technique:	Copper alloy
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Jewelry
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

---

measurements: Overall: 16 x 14.2 cm (6 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Arts of Africa: Gallery Rotation (African art rotation)
	opening date:   2021-12-10T05:00:00
	<i>Arts of Africa: Gallery Rotation (African art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 10, 2021-December 18, 2022).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

---

PROVENANCE

	Collected by Willett Rankin Wilson in Liberia, 1927/28
	date: 1927/28
	footnotes: 	
			
			* Memorandum from Virginia Crawford to Dr. Lee, 12-8-82, curatorial file
			
			* Letter from Willett R. Wilson to Virginia Crawford, 12-20-82, curatorial file
			
			
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1982–
	footnotes: 	
			
			* The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1984, p. 76
			
			
	citations: 	


	Willett Rankin Wilson, Lyndhurst, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1927/28–1982
	footnotes: 	
			
			* Memorandum from Virginia Crawford to Dr. Lee, 12-8-82, curatorial file
			
			* Letter from Willett R. Wilson to Virginia Crawford, 12-20-82, curatorial file
			
			
	citations: 	


---

fun fact: 


digital description: 


wall description: 
This bracelet was created by the "lost-wax" (cire-perdue) technique---first modelled in wax, next covered with clay, then heated to melt or "lose" the wax, which was replaced by molten brass. Several such anklets were attached at the time of a woman's marriage and only removed after her death. Their weight and decorative richness expressed her husband's wealth and prestige as well as her own favored status, for such a woman was expected to live a life of some leisure while other wives and retainers did farming and domestic chores. The spheres around the perimeter--bells--added beautiful sounds to an impressive sight.
---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

---

IMAGES