Four protective amulets with figural couple "ngaabele" · Côte d'Ivoire / Burkina Faso, Senufo · ID: 3046680
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