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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Double-headed Serpent Pendent
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Double-headed Serpent Pendent

Maker Lobi Artist
Date20th century
Made/manufacturedBurkina Faso
MediumMetal
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum puchase with funds from Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund
Object number2015.51.6
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionTwo or three headed serpent form, made of a plate with raised lines in shape of a stretched out N, with splayed ends; areas on the ends have twisted wire wrapping in two sections. Two knobs on the large inside curve, and a loop on the opposing side, similar loop on the top of the tail end. Color varies from silvery to bronze; surface has whitish patina and material appears to be a lost-wax casting using cuprous metal.
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Inca culture
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Unknown
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Kru Artist
19th century or earlier
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Indian, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
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Somali Artist
19th-20th Century
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China
19th Century
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Zulu Artist
1960s
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Costa Rican
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