"Ring - Gurunsi Culture, Southern Burkina Faso, Northern Ghana And Ivory Coast - 19th Century"
AMULETTE RING with a large bezel surmounted by a zoomorphic head with a pair of twisted horns and a pair of pastillate eyes, probably referring to a buffalo or antelope. Gurunsi culture, southern Burkina Faso, northern Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, 19th centuryPatinated copper alloy; H.: 6.3; Diam.: 2.6 cm
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A similar example is reproduced in the book Afrique de l'Ouest Bronzes et autres alliages by André Blandin, p.66, fig.2.
No.19 in the exhibition-sale "Bronzes, miniatures monumentales".
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