Skull power object · Benin, Fon · ID: 3039422
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Size
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch
Description
ring-shaped base, animal skull (goat?) in the centre, wrapped with cord, a conglomerate of padlocks attached, completely covered with a thick layer of kaolin and indigo blue pigments, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Skull power object with the object ID 3039422 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 300.
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Comparing literature
Boudre, Daniel, Fetiches de l'ancienne Cote des Esclaves, Toulouse 2014, p. 170