"Sacral Ring With A Kitten Animated By Two Birds - North-west Burkina Faso - 19th Century"
Sacral RING with an animated kitten of TWO BIRDS, the ring incised four times. It was worn on the left hand or between the teeth in a symbolic way during ceremonies.North-West Burkina Faso, 19th century
Copper alloy; H.: 3.9; L.: 2.4 cm
Bibliography: A similar copy is reproduced in the work The materialized culture of the ethnic groups of the Volta region. Main axis: lost wax cast copper alloy objects by Wilfried Glar, p.346
No. 46 of the exhibition-sale “Bronzes, monumental miniatures”.
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