Consider the Yoruba arm ornament pictured in the text. Identify the material used. Discuss the history of this type of object and the purpose for which it was used. Explain why you consider this to be a craft work or an object of art—or, if you consider it both, explain why
What will be an ideal response?
Responses will vary. The carved ivory, a material associated with power, consists of two interlocking cylinders. The inner cylinder is a finely pierced, airy openwork pattern punctuated by high relief human heads. The outer cylinder displays various symbolic animals. Only kings or titled chiefs were permitted to wear this armlet and other symbolic ornaments at the festival of Ose, which celebrated the Yoruba civilization.
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