Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pendant

Date
late 1800s
Medium
ivory
Culture
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pende, 19th century
Department
African Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

Pendants like these were worn as symbols of protection.

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