Iron Chameleon
Bobo people, Burkina Faso, c. 19th/20th c.
Ex–Ghent, Belgium, collection
Iron
5” l x 2¼” w (12.7 x 5.72 cm)
Price: $675
An important animal in the mythology of the Bobo and other peoples of inner West Africa, chameleons commonly figured as personal pendants and scepter toppers (Fisher 1987: 128; Schädler 1997: 87, fig. 123).
