Diviners would place bracelets next to larger carved wooden figures as shrine offerings during consultations with the spirits which aided the diviner to communicate with the spirit world to guide his clients.
Copper alloy.
Some of the bracelets were also worn by men and woman to provide protection of the spirits they embodied.
Provenance: Ex.Thomas G. B. Wheelock Collection, New York.
Height: ½" - the outer diameter is 3 ½".
No stand with this piece.
