Kasena Stone Armband, Ghana

Generous in girth, modest in colour, and faintly sandy to the touch.

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. Wide, plump ring with a gently oval opening and a thick, rolled profile. The dark brown surface looks dry and slightly granular, with a lighter patch along the lower left. It is 0.5 inches deep and 3.6 in diameter.

Not a shy ring, and never apologizing for it.