"Debira Pendant Figuring A Panther - Gan Culture, Burkina Faso - 19th Century"
DEBIRA PENDANT depicting a PANTHER with a large suspension ring.Gan culture, Burkina Faso 19th century
Copper alloy
H.: 5; L.: 11.4 cm
Debira pendants are the plastic expression of Torfan. It is a spiritual entity that can manifest in many forms such as the snake, the turtle, the chameleon, the panther or the caiman. Its representations can vary and the fetishes can be equipped with one to ten heads.
A protective figure, she keeps evil spirits away from men and livestock and promotes harvests and hunting.
No. 199 of the exhibition-sale “Bronzes, monumental miniatures”.
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