"Forty-nine Headed Torfan Pendant - Gan Culture, Burkina Faso - 19th Century Or Earlier"
FORTY-NINE HEAD Torfan PENDANT Gan culture, Burkina Faso19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H. 22, diameter 19.5 cm
Thirty-nine snake heads animate the radiating edges of the circular pendant, centred on a conical protuberance, itself animated by ten snake heads.
There is a large suspension ring at the top of the piece.
No. 606 in the exhibition ‘BRONZES, MINIATURES MONUMENTALES’, part two
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