Male/female couple, Ldamie

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Description

metal, fabric,
The couple can be attributed to the Dan artist Ldamie (died ca. 1947).

These figures were called “za mä” - “figure of metal”. Such brass figures had no religious meaning, they were used as pieces of jewellery. Only chiefs and people of higher ranks could afford them.

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Comparing literature

Johnson, Barbara C., Four Dan Sculptors, San Francisco 1987, p. 94

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