Pendant: Face

1900s Overall: 7.6 x 5 cm (3 x 1 15/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.602

Cast using the lost-wax method, gold objects are the only Baule art forms associated with ancestral spirits. Usually stored in suitcases or pots, a collection of gold adornments (aja) are displayed on important occasions such as funerals. They are laid out around the corpse be...

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