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Kulango anthropomorphic bronze - bronze pendant in Dogon divination

Kulango I have a small population, related ethnically and linguistically with the Lobi and even fewer Lorhon, which resides in the north of Ivory Coast, south of the island - in fact - from the lobes and left the area in which they live Abronah of Ghana (and in some texts, see Blandin, their production is related to, if not directly attributed to the fact Abronah).
Among the objects of this ethnic group - now more commonly seen at the level of ethno-anthropological texts as Kulango-Lorhon - certainly more than the best known are small bronzes, depicting a stylized anthropomorphic figure with the typical triangular face, torso and legs angled knee bent, feet flat surfaces depicted with vertical.
As in many other similar objects of the same geographical area, their aim is mainly related to security personnel who wears the 'amulet against bad luck and negativity and, especially, are used in divination rituals.

This extraordinary specimen, very old, worn and glossy, from the face of monstrous insect comes from the collection of Noble and Jean Endicott, and I have purchased from gallery of Craig De Lora (NJ). It 'just 3.5 cm high. but his "presence" in the picture makes it look much bigger, though lacking in this case the triangular flat surface that normally identifies the feet of these figures.

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Andre Blandin - Marignane (FR), 1988

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