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BUST of a DEITY whose ovoid skull top is equipped with a small circular headdress with a globular outgrowth.
He wears a necklace with a round pendant, his arms crossed in prayer rest his hands on his shoulders.
The latter are animated by two passport masks.
Djenné-Jeno culture, inland Niger delta, Mali 18th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H.: 9.7; W.: 9.5 cm
Bibliography:
A similar terracotta example is reproduced in the book Erde und Erz by Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler, p.47, fig.53. Another is kept at the Barbier Mueller Museum, Geneva, Switzerland.
No. B25 of the exhibition “BRONZES, MONUMENTAL MINIATURES”, second part
Ref: 2D45UG9N92