Crocodile with prey | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Crocodile with prey
Crocodile with its prey. The size and shape of the punched patterns on the reptile's back would suggest that the artefact was made by the Fon people. The animal in the mouth is held in place by a rivet. It could be a stylised fish. "Crocodile with fish in mouth" is a recurring motif in Ghana and Benin.Author: Michael Schönhuth
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Fon
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Länge: 250.0 mm
Material/Technique
Yellow moulding
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/2779
Provenance and sources
when
1930 - 1970
when
1991
where
Benin (location/origin)
Africa (location/origin)
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