Pendant with anthropomorphic face · Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3052809
Starting price
EUR 3,500
Estimated price
EUR 7,000
Provenance
Stephanie Uhart Negret, Santiago de Chile, ChileSize
H: 9,4 cm
B: 8,5 cm
H: 3.7 inch
B: 3.3 inch
Description
gold: 14,8 kt, 50 g, flaws in the casting
Very finely and elaborately crafted. Interesting design! The face ends at the nose; the mouth and chin area are missing. The oval opening below could represent an open mouth.
Publications
Oro de Africa - Insignias de Poder, Colección Stephanie Uhart Negret, Santiago de Chile 2007, p. 23 (top)

