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Fine Lobi Amulet – Chameleons – Burkina Faso
39,95€20th century. Bronze. Cm. 8,0 high x cm. 5,7 width (3.15″ x 2.24″); Gr. 42,1 (1.49 oz.).
Due to its physically mutating nature and adaptability, the Chameleon is a symbol of…
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Animist
Gan Bronze Amulet – Snakes – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 7,5 high x cm 6,7 width (2.95″ x 2.64″); Gr. 70,1 (2.47 oz.).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece.
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Animist
Fine Lobi Amulet – Crocodile – Burkina Faso
20th century. Bronze. Cm. 9,2 high (3.62″); Gr. 39,9 (1.41 oz.).
The Lobi are an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting around 1770 many of the Lobi…
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Animist
Fine Lobi Amulet – Chameleon – Burkina Faso
20th century. Bronze. Cm. 5,5 high x cm. 7,9 width (2.17″ x 3.11″); Gr. 34,6 (1.22 oz.).
Due to its physically mutating nature and adaptability, the Chameleon is a symbol of…
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Other Talismans
Old Fine Silver Coptic Cross – Mekelle, Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia
Silver, cm. 3,6 x cm. 2,3 (1.42 x 0.91 Inches); grams 5,2 (0.18 oz.).
Pendant crosses are received at baptism and worn around the neck as their owner’s most prized possession,…
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AnimistFine Lobi Amulet – Chameleons – Burkina Faso
45,00€20th century. Bronze. Cm. 6,3 high x cm. 8,4 width (2.48″ x 3.31″); Gr. 50,2 (1.77 oz.).
Due to its physically mutating nature and adaptability, the Chameleon is a symbol of…
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AnimistGan Bronze Amulet – Snake – Burkina Faso
45,00€20th century. Cm. 10,0 width (1.17″); Gr. 33,1 (1.37 oz.).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece.
For more information and similar examples:
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Old Berber Amulet – Magic Square – South Morocco
Silver. Gr. 6,5 (0.23 oz.); cm. 4,0 high x cm. 2,9 width (1.57″ x 1.14″).
Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic…
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Other Talismans
Huge Massive Fulani Ceremonial Neck Ring – 272 grams – Mali – Rare Item
1970′. Metal alloy (silver low degree). Cm. 5,2 high x 6,2 width (2.05 x 2.44 Inches); grams 272,8 (7.92 oz.).
Fulani, also called Peul or Fulbe , a primarily Muslim people…
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Animist
Gan Bronze Amulet – Snake + Leather Necklace – Burkina Faso
20th century. The snake amulet is cm. 10,2 high (4.02″); Gr. 69,4 (2.45 oz.). The leather necklace is cm. 47 in lenght (18.50″).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time;…
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Animist
Dogon Amulet – Ancestor – Mali
Bronze. Cm. 6,5 high (2.56″). Gr. 28,9 (1.02 oz.).
Metal works like this is molded in bronze by ‘the lost wax method’, also called ‘cire-perdue’. This kind of metal molding is…
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Animist
Gan Bronze Amulet – Snake – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 9,1 high (3.58″); Gr. 47,7 (1.68 oz.).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece.
For more information and similar examples:
– “Bronzes gan…
