Kasena Stone Armband, Ghana

Smooth and rounded, with one stubborn dent in its outline.

This armband is Kasena, from Northern Ghana, West Africa. It is granite. The Kasena live in northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso, and they are known as farmers, builders and makers of decorated compound walls. Dark brown ring with a satiny surface and a thick, evenly rounded band. The opening is a bit angular on one side, and a few pale scratches mark the lower inner edge. It is 0.5 inches deep and 4 in diameter.

A quiet ring with one mild eccentricity.