"Amulet Depicting A Couple - Volta Region, Ghana - 19th Century Or Earlier"
Amulet Depicting a Couple.Considered an object of divination, it could be worn on the wrist or neck during ritual or initiation ceremonies.
Volta region, Ghana
19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H. 5.8; L 3.1 cm
(accidents)
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.151.
No. 620 from the exhibition ‘BRONZES, MINIATURES MONUMENTALES’, part two
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