"Small Turtle Pendant - Sénoufo Culture, Ivory Coast - 19th Century"
Small TURTLE PENDANT whose shell is incised with convolutions, the reverse has a suspension ring. It was intended to be worn by a child before his initiation.Sénoufo culture, Ivory Coast, 19th century Copper alloy; H.: 3.7; L.: 2.8 cm (old accident)
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Two similar examples are reproduced in the work West Africa Bronzes and Other Alloys by André Blandin, p.82, fig.4 and 6.
No. 43 of the exhibition-sale “Bronzes, monumental miniatures”.
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