Couple
Lobi · Burkina Faso
Reference: PAR-25
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- Height
- 23 cm
- Material
- Iron
These wrought iron figures usually represent ancestors. Here we have a stylized couple made up of a man and a woman. They are ritual figures that…
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Full original description
These wrought iron figures usually represent ancestors. Here we have a stylized couple made up of a man and a woman. They are ritual figures that are used mainly in divinatory processes and that are also commonly used in family altars and even placed in their tombs.
Further technical information
- Width
- 5 cm
- Attributed period
- First third century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Burkina Faso. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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