A female Obgoni Yoruba brass pendant, sitting on a stool long torso standing upright, hand in an arched way are holding an object in the center, her thick neck is holding the oval shaped head onto which are expressive features composed of a half opened mouth, nose and two large bulbous eyes half closed, the hair is pulled up onto the head and finished into the loop where the figure can be hung from, a rope like scarification or keloid marking can be noticed on the back and around the stomach; sign of oxidation.

Further reading: Frank Willet, IFE, metropole of African Art, 1967, p. 195.

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Height: 16,5 cm
Weight: 250 g