A very fine "fetish gold" pendant representing two masks of men with braided beards set in two horn-shaped volumes, certainly evoking the ram's horns of the Baule Bla mask.
Akan, Ivory Coast or Ghana
19th or early 20th century
Gold, copper, silver and zinc alloy.
H. 11 cm

Provenance :
Christian Humann Collection, Paris
Transmitted by descent
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Lot no. 172

A very fine "fetish gold" pendant representing two masks of men with braided beards set in two horn-shaped volumes, certainly evoking the ram's horns of the Baule Bla mask. Akan, Ivory Coast or Ghana 19th or early 20th century Gold, copper, silver and zinc alloy. H. 11 cm Provenance : Christian Humann Collection, Paris Transmitted by descent

Estimate
€800 - €1,200
Result
€2,340
Buyer's premium
30%
A very fine "fetish gold" pendant representing two masks of men with braided beards set in two horn-shaped volumes, certainly evoking the ram's horns of the Baule Bla mask. Akan, Ivory Coast or Ghana 19th or early 20th century Gold, copper, silver and zinc alloy. H. 11 cm Provenance : Christian Humann Collection, Paris Transmitted by descent
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