Funerary Ring
Sao, Chad
Copper alloy
12th - 16th century

The culture of the Sao on Lake Chad is regarded as one of the oldest in West Africa, and although extensive archaeological and ethnohistorical material is available that goes back to the early Arabic writers, it is still not possible to form a precise picture of this culture so significant for its art and towns. If we consider recent radiocarbon data, the Sao culture can be referred to as one of the oldest in West Africa after Nok (Schaedler, Earth and Ore, 1997). 

Collected in Chad in 1970. 

4 in :: 10 cm

InventoryID #13-1763

Not For Sale