A batch of ten omakipa ornaments. These carved and engraved belt pendants (here in elephant bone), attached to leather laces, offered by men to their fiancées, testified to the quantity of livestock they owned, and the engravings that adorn them are not simply decorative but have a very specific meaning. Cuanhama, Namibia Elephant bone, mineral pigment, wear, beautiful patina of use. H. between 4,5 and 9 cm Provenance: Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection.