Object Details
- Description
- Pendant of claw (possibly lion) set in gold and decorated with simple filigree circles, but not true openwork filigree. Horizontal lines of twisted wire parallel one another, with two horizontal lines of granulation within, divided by a horizontal line of circles in twisted wire, and decorate the top portion of the gold, with the bottom half being semicircles similarly decorated. The hanging element is a simple, wide gold loop.
- Provenance
- Marian Johnson, purchased in Dakar, Senegal, 1963-late 20th century to 2012
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson
- Medium
- Gold, claw
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5 x 4.7 x 1 cm (1 15/16 x 1 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Jewelry
