Lot no. 239
SAO, Chad.
Meeting of seventeen bronze excavation objects with old patina and oxidation from time (rider, necklace loop, buckle, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figures).
Presumed to date from 1400-1600 AD.
Size: 7.5 cm- 6 cm- 4.5x3 cm-5.5 cm- 5 cm- 4 cm- 3.5 cm -3 cm- 2.5x1 cm -2.5 cm and 1.5 cm.
Note : See an excellent detailed article by Jean-Paul Lebeuf (Quelques bijoux provenant de l'ancien pays Sao) in the Revue d'Écologie (La Terre et La Vie) Année 1938 8-6 p. 186.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
African, American and Oceanic Art
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