Kasena Stone Armband, Ghana

Slate ring splashed with cream and orange, as if painted in a hurry.

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. Round ring in blue-grey with a broad swath of cream and rusty orange sweeping across the left and bottom. The inner edge is rough and orange-brown, and the outer surface is smooth. It is 0.5 inches deep and 3.75 in diameter.

Colourful enough to stand out in any crowd.