Hairpin
Mossi · Burkina Faso
Reference: CYA-2
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- Height
- 21 cm
- Material
- Bronze
Pin for holding the hairstyles of the Mossi woman, topped by a small figure representing a gazelle. Prepared by the procedure of lost wax.
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Full original description
Pin for holding the hairstyles of the Mossi woman, topped by a small figure representing a gazelle. Prepared by the procedure of lost wax.
Further technical information
- Width
- 5 cm
- Attributed period
- Decade 60 a 70
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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