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Face Pendant, 1900s (gold)

Face Pendant, 1900s (gold)
20th-century
guinea-coast
pendant
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face
african
africa
ivory-coast
gold
baule
20th-century
guinea-coast
pendant
object
face
african
africa
ivory-coast
gold
baule
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Face Pendant, 1900s (gold)

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West African, (20th century)

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Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA

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gold

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h:7.60 w:5.00 cms

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Gold objects, always cast using the lost-wax method, are the only Baule art forms associated with ancestor spirits. Usually hidden in pots or suitcases, gold adornments are displayed on important occasions such as funerals. They are laid out around the corpse before burial. A widow will wear them on a chain around her neck or attached to her hair at the ceremony signaling the end of mourning.

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