"Debira Pendant - Gan Culture, Burkina Faso - 19th Century"
DEBIRA PENDANT depicting a BICEPHAL TURTLE whose circular carapace is decorated with concentric motifs and animated by TWO applied SERPENTS. The animal's tail forms the suspension ring.Gan culture, Burkina Faso 19th century
Copper alloy
H. 13.8 ; L 9.3 cm
N°110 from the "Bronzes, monumental miniatures" exhibition-sale.
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