Anthropozoomorph Pendant - Birifor Culture, Northern Ghana - 19th Century Or Earlier

Object description :

"Anthropozoomorph Pendant - Birifor Culture, Northern Ghana - 19th Century Or Earlier"

ANTHROPOZOOMORPH PENDANT Batéba standing, hands brought to her chin and wearing a checkerboard incised belt and necklace. His face with bulging eyes is marked by a large nasal bridge.
Birifor culture, Northern Ghana 19th century or earlier Copper alloy
H.: 9.1; L.: 3.5 cm

Bibliography:
A similar example is reproduced in the work West Africa Bronzes and Other Alloys by André Blandin, p.94. – photograph by P. Ravenhill, 1981.

A very close copy is reproduced in the book
The materialized culture of the ethnic groups of the Volta region. Main axis: lost wax cast copper alloy objects by Wilfried Glar, p.227.

No. 165 of the exhibition-sale “Bronzes, monumental miniatures”.

Price: 520 €