Kasena Stone Armband, Ghana

Posed on a black stand like a small, grey moon awaiting its portrait.

This armband is Kasena, from Northern Ghana, West Africa. It is granite. A ring worn on the upper arm or wrist is one of the oldest forms of body ornament, found in many cultures and in many materials. Slim, smooth ring in charcoal grey held upright on a thin metal rod and flat black base. Fine white veins cross the band at the upper right, and the inner rim looks gently rough. It is 0.5 inches deep and 3.6 in diameter.

It has finally been given a pedestal worthy of its poise.