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LOT 2359

Brass Kano Pendant

LOBI TRIBE, MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.

3 7/8 in. (21 grams, 98 mm).

Deltoid in plan and with slight midrib, shank with knop finial for attachment. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa.
From an old Derby, UK, specialist collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Footnotes

Lobi arts also include a wide variety of small human and animal images, implements, and more abstract symbols in copper alloy and iron. Some of these are worn as jewelry and some appear on shrines.

CONDITION
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LOT 2359

Brass Kano Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

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