"Amulet Depicting A Kneeling Anthropomorphic Character."
AMULETTE depicting a kneeling ANTHROPOMORPHIC CHARACTER.Djenné culture, Mali, first half of the 20th century
Copper alloy
H. 8.5; L. 4 cm
Kneeling figure, arms in a cross, wrists adorned with double-row bracelets, face turned toward his right shoulder. The entire body is covered with small, round, pastilted excrescences.
Bibliography
A similar example is reproduced in Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler's Erde und Erz, p.37, fig.38.
Ref. FCP
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