The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 22, 2025
Pendant
1900s
Overall: 3.6 x 7.7 cm (1 7/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Location: 108C Akan & Yoruba
Did You Know?
The crescent-shaped scarification on the forehead of this piece is called ngwa, or “moon.”Description
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.- Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage?–1952(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1952–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.85