FINE BRONZE MOTHER AND CHILD. UNKNOWN CULTURE, BURKINA FASO

Bronze Mother and Child Charm or Divination Piece. Possibly Gan Culture, Burkina Faso

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This amazing finely cast bronze figure is a fragment of an unknown object, possibly a charm. Depicting a mother with one arm reaching out and around her sucking child's head, with her other arm holding its waist. The child legs are wrapped tightly around the mother's thighs.

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Estimated Period: 19th Century

Ex Private Collection, Belgium

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Height (Excl. Custom-Made Stand): 8cm

Height (Incl. Custom-Made Stand): 10.5cm

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