Nuna Anklet

Fine Nuna woman’s anklet from Burkina Faso, in copper alloy, adorned with a bird’s head on one end (possibly a helmeted guinea fowl) and abstract geometric designs on the body.

Thomas Wheelock Collection, inventory 1098
William Wright

Land of the Flying Masks: Art & Culture in Burkina Faso, the Thomas G.B. Wheelock Collection, 2007, plate 302 (unpaginated) and p. 433

Severed on one side, minor damage and imperfections.