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Crocodile shaped bronze hairpick (2)
Africa
Burkina Faso
Width : 7/8 inch
Height : 6 3/8 inch
Depth : 1/4 inch
Very refined piece, made of bronze, depicting a crocodile, generally called caiman in West Africa. This animal is regarded like a protective fetish able to bring water to the backwater.