Bracelet ·  Burkina Faso, Gurunsi · ID: 3037690

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.

The object Bracelet with the object ID 3037690 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 185 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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Comparing literature

Glar, Wilfried, Afrikanische Reife, Teil 4: Der Grunshi-Kulturkreis, Bedburg 2009, p. 181