"Ring - Kurumba Culture, Burkina Faso - 19th Century"
RING with animated bezel of an ANTILOPE, symbol of the Adone mask which danced during funeral ceremonies and referred to the spirits of nature or the ancestors.Kurumba culture, Burkina Faso, 19th century Copper alloy; H.: 4.9; L.: 3 cm
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A similar example is reproduced in the book La culture matérialisée des ethnies de la région de la Volta. Axe principal: les objets en alliage de cuivre coulés à la cire perdue by Wilfried Glar, p.277.
No. 40 in the exhibition-sale "Bronzes, miniatures monumentales".
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