GRAND PENDENTIF AVEC SA CHAINE EN OR-FETICHE PEUL

MALI/SÉNÉGAL

Details

GRAND PENDENTIF AVEC SA CHAINE EN OR-FETICHE PEUL
Mali/Sénégal
La partie centrale biconique ajourée maintenue par une chaine faite de perles en filigrane ajourées
Diamètre du pendant central: 17 cm

Literature

Bastin, M.-L., Utotombo, l'Art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges, Brussels, 1988, p.128, no.20

Exhibited

Brussels, 1988, no.20

Further details

A LARGE PEUL FETISH-GOLD PENDANT

Lot Essay

Cf. Garrard, T., Gold of Africa, Geneva, 1989, p.24, fig.14. The author describes the technique in which tiny granules of gold are applied to the large bead to produce a shimmering effect. The ornaments are found principally in Mali and Senegal, where they are highly prized. The form can be traced back at least a thousand years in the Middle East and was probably introduced to West Africa through trans-Saharan trade.

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