Pendant

Lobi people, Burkina Faso, African

20th century

  • Titles Pendant (Descriptive)
  • Medium brass
  • Dimensions 3 3/4 × 1 3/8 × 1/2 in. (9.5 × 3.5 × 1.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Drs. Noble and Jean Endicott, 1990.211.1
  • Work Type pendant
  • Classification Jewelry

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Standing female figure with flexed knees, arms bent, resting on abdomen, wearing small cap, earrings, and with diamond-shaped mark on forehead. Nails and blades protruding from breasts and front of torso, and holes remaining where some nails removed; umbilical area has small animal skull covered over with organic material. Large nail protruding from back of figure, which is split along the spine, from neck to buttocks.
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