Shackles

African

  • Titles Shackles (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 17 x 4 1/2 x 2 in. (43.2 x 11.4 x 5.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.224
  • Work Type shackles
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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One of four staffs used to deliniate an area around a royal when he appears in public. Decorated with kneeling female figures with hands on breasts, alternated with knelling male drummers, at top birds and a python, below figures are quadrupeds, possibly goats, symbols of wealth.
Surmounted by two bush-cow masks heads on each side
Boxers, Abdourahmane Sakaly, gelatin silver print
Apron also referred to as mepetu, mapoto, or liphotho; with fringe and geometric design