Raynors HCA 2015-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2015
West Africa, c. 18th - 19th century. 32.5" L. Wrought-iron West African ankle shackles, with a heavy locking device attached, lacking the key, 32.5” long, consisting of a two-piece cuff-like section at one end, and another cuff-like piece and locking device at the other. Both cuffs and the two polygonal shaped link connectors bear carved designs ostensibly by the shackled slave. All surfaces with smooth patina. West Africa, circa 18th to 19th centuryThese designs that are consistent with classic 18th/19th century West African graphic signs and symbols illustrated in Clementine M. Faik-Nzuji’s definitive book “Tracing Memory. A Glossary of Graphic Signs and Symbols in African Art and Culture.” (Hull, Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1996). A repeated design, not unlike the symbol for “bond,” “imprisonment,” and “handcuffs” appears on this pair of shackles. Also has COA from the Slave relics Museum
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