Bracelet · Burkina Faso, Gurunsi · ID: 3037690
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanySize
D: 8,5 cm
H: 6 cm
D: 3.3 inch
H: 2.4 inch
Description
Cu alloy with patina, decorated with two seated figures, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
the Gurunsi (especially Frafra) used the casting technique with Cu alloy (bronze) much earlier than the Lobi. Cu alloys are based on copper with aluminium, tin or silicium, often with allotment of iron, nickel and mangan.
Comparing literature
Glar, Wilfried, Afrikanische Reife, Teil 4: Der Grunshi-Kulturkreis, Bedburg 2009, p. 181