"Whistle Pendant - Bobo Bwa Culture, Mali, Ghana And Burkina Faso - 19th Century"
PENDANT WHISTLE with animated crocodile ribs, equipped with a suspension ring. It was used for traditional dances. Bobo Bwa culture, Mali, Ghana and Burkina Faso 19th centuryCopper alloy; H.: 7.5; L.: 3.7 cm
Bibliography: A similar copy is reproduced
in the book West Africa Bronzes and Other Alloys by André Blandin, p.65, fig.1.
No. 48 of the exhibition-sale “Bronzes, monumental miniatures”.
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