Pendant: Crocodile
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Pendant: Crocodile (1930 or earlier). John L. Severance Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.265

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This pendant was cast in gold using the lost-wax method. Gold objects are the only Baule art forms associated with ancestor spirits. Pendants can have many uses. Usually hidden in pots or suitcases, gold adornments can be displayed on important occasions such as funerals. They can be laid out around the corpse before burial. A widow will wear them on a chain around her neck or attached to her hair at the ceremony signaling the end of mourning.

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A highly detailed gold brooch depicting a crocodile, characteristic of Benin bronze artistry, rests on a dark gray background.

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