Koma Stone Armband, Ghana

A soft-shouldered dark ring with a smooth, evenly aged face.

This granite armband is Koma, from Northern Ghana, West Africa. Armbands and bracelets have been worn in many parts of West Africa as markers of status, age or belonging, and they are made from ivory, metal and stone. Round band with a broad flat-topped section, in slate-brown tones and a velvety matte finish. Light scratches and tiny pits dot the surface, and the inner edge is clean and fairly regular. It is 3.75 inches wide, 3.75 deep and 0.75 high.

Unshowy, balanced, and clearly content to be a circle.