Zemanek-Münster

Four protective amulets with figural couple "ngaabele"

Côte d'Ivoire / Burkina Faso, Senufo
sold EUR 900
Provenance
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (coll. in the 1960s)
Size
H: 3,8 cm - 5,8 cm
H: 1.5 inch - 2.3 inch

Description

metal, mounted on acrylic plate (15 cm x 13 cm)

The pendants were worn on leather pads on the body.


Comparing literature

Glar, Wilfried, Die materialisierte Kultur der Ethnien der Volta-Region, Bedburg 2008, p. 122

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