Pendant

Dogon people, Mali, African

20th century

  • Titles Pendant (Descriptive)
  • Artist Dogon people, Mali
  • Medium brass
  • Dimensions Overall: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm) Overall1: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Drs. Noble and Jean Endicott, 1986.927.1
  • Work Type pendant
  • Classification Jewelry

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One of four staffs used to deliniate an area around a royal when he appears in public. Decorated with kneeling female figures with hands on breasts, alternated with knelling male drummers, at top birds and a python, below figures are quadrupeds, possibly goats, symbols of wealth.