Diviners would place bracelets next to larger carved wooden figures as shrine offerings during consultations with the spirits.
The birds on the bracelet aided the diviner to communicate with the spirit world to guide his clients as it is believed that birds being a creature of the heavens and earth can be spiritual guides.
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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: 3/4" - the outer diameter is 3".
No stand with this piece.
