Pair of gold a baule earrings
Unknown Artist
Baule type earrings with symmetrical palmettes embelished with single gold grains at the top, which are flanked by repoussé crouching hares.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1959
6th century B.C.
Gold
3.4 x 2.4cm
59.11.21,.22
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