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Pendant

Baule, 1800-1899

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Baule

Pendant

Baule, 1800-1899

Physical Qualities Gold alloy, 1 15/16 x 1 9/16 x 3/8 in. (5 x 4 x 1 cm.)
Credit Line Bequest of Saidie A. May
Object Number 1951.168
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Susan Helen Adler, "Saidie May Pioneer of Early 20th Century Collecting" Baltimore: Stonehouse Design, 2008, p. 270.
Davis, Susan. "Beautiful Ethnic Jewelry Collection." Baltimore Bead Society Newsletter 1.1 (January 2017): 1-2.
Barbier, Jean Paul, ed. Art of the Cote d'Ivoire from the collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum. Geneva: Barbier-Mueller Museum,1993, Vol.II.

Garrard, Timothy F. Gold of Africa. Geneva: Barbier-Mueller Museum and Prestel-Verlag, 1989.

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Baule

2000–2000

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