Pendentif rectangulaire "srala" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé / Ghana, Akan, Ashanti · ID: 3050488

Description

gold, 10 carat, on European gold chain (18 carat), 38 grams (total),

These splendid flat ornamental elements / pendants made of cast gold are sometimes referred to as “shield beads”. Among the Baule they are called “srala” - “bamboo door”.

Littérature comparée

Museum Liaunig (Hg.), Das Gold der Akan, Neuhaus 2008, p. 88, ill. 156 Garrard, Timothy, Afrikanisches Gold, München 1989, p. 98, ill. 91