Kasena Stone Armband, Ghana

Olive-grey and softly mottled, a ring that blends into the background by choice.

This armband is Kasena, from Northern Ghana, West Africa. It is granite. Armbands and bracelets of stone, metal and ivory have been worn across West Africa, where they may signal age, status or belonging to a group. Evenly rounded ring in greenish grey with a faintly dusty surface. The band is smooth and moderately thick, the opening is wide, and light scuffing shows on the left side. It is 0.5 inches deep and 4.25 in diameter.

Camouflage was never so politely executed.