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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

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Fon
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Length: 250.0 mm
Material/Technique
Brass, Yellow moulding
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/2779

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1930 - 1970
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    1991
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Benin (location/origin)
    Africa (location/origin)
    who
    Monjau, Mieke - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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