A brass Fon figure, an angel standing upright, with hands glasped in prayer and two large wings and two long extension rods with demi-balls at the end serving as weights meant to balance the figure on a support allowing it to moving freely back and forth. The support is missing. Originally made by Brass Casters' Guild in Benin Republic, purchased from junk shop in England..
figure (communication artefact)
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