Lot Essay
Cf. Garrard, T., Gold of Africa, Geneva, 1989, p.25, fig.15, where a girl in the river town of Mopti is shown wearing several such gold hair ornaments.
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MALI
Details
ORNEMENT DE CHEVEUX EN OR-FETICHE MALINKE
Mali
En forme de croissant, recouvert de motifs géométriques
Diamètre: 2.1 cm
Mali
En forme de croissant, recouvert de motifs géométriques
Diamètre: 2.1 cm
Literature
Biebuyck, D.P. et Van den Abbeele, N., The Power of Headdresses, Brussels, 1984, p.55, Pl.4. According to the authors such rings, called crania, were sewn on a tress near the forehead; more recently they are attached to a piece of black velvet fixed onto the coiffure with needles.
Further details
A MALINKE FETISH-GOLD HAIR ORNAMENT