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Pendant in form of a snake - Burkina Faso, Gan

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Pendant in form of a snake - Burkina Faso, Gan

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Description

brass, slight traces of corrosion, base;
probably depicting "bitis", the sneaky viper. Women who had to work in the fields wore the very thin and beautifully forged iron snakes along the length of the calves to prevent snakebites.
L: 23 cm, L: 9,1 inch
Provenance:
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Lit.: Durieu, Maine, Bronzes Gan, Paris 2005, p. 49
Continent: Africa

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Pendant in form of a snake - Burkina Faso, Gan

Name: Pendant in form of a snake - Burkina Faso, Gan
SKU: 50969587
Price: 500 EUR
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Estimate €500 - €1,000

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