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