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.
The object Four protective amulets with figural couple “ngaabele” with the object ID 3046680 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 244 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.
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Comparing literature
Glar, Wilfried, Die materialisierte Kultur der Ethnien der Volta-Region, Bedburg 2008, p. 122