Lot: 175

Pendentif rectangulaire "srala"

Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé / Ghana, Akan, Ashanti

Provenance	Taille	Adjugé
Edith Hafter (1911-2001), Solothurn, Switzerland	M: 7,3 cm x 5,5 cm	Vendu

gold, 10 carat, on European gold chain (18 carat), 38 grams (total),

These splendid flat ornamental elements / pendants made of cast gold are sometimes referred to as "shield beads". Among the Baule they are called "srala" - "bamboo door".

Museum Liaunig (Hg.), Das Gold der Akan, Neuhaus 2008, p. 88, ill. 156 Garrard, Timothy, Afrikanisches Gold, München 1989, p. 98, ill. 91

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