"Pendant - Kulango Culture, Ivory Coast And Ghana - 19th Century Or Earlier"
PENDANT showing a seated COUPLE, hands on knees, resting on a rectangular squared base.Kulango culture, Ivory Coast and Ghana
19th century or earlier Copper alloy
H. 8; L 3 cm
While couple statuettes are rarer, those with two bodies and a single head are even rarer.
Bibliography: A similar example is reproduced in the book La culture matérialisée des ethnies de la région de la Volta. Axe principal: les objets en alliage de cuivre coulés à la cire perdue by Wilfried Glar, p.100.
No. B33 from the exhibition ‘BRONZES, MINIATURES MONUMENTALES’, part two
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