H x W x D: 8.2 x 3.5 x 0.9 cm (3 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Type:
Jewelry
Geography:
Burkina Faso
Description:
Copper alloy hairpin with single spike and decorative superstructure of four birds with half-spiral wings. Two sit on the largest top center spiral, one bird on the left and right side spirals and one spiral at center.
Provenance:
Roy and Brigitta Mitchell, possibly collected Burkina Faso from 1980 to 1982.
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