Antique Brass Fish Pendant, Nigeria Button Heat treatment makes clear quartz

Heat treatment makes clear quartz a soft beige color

85mm thick (no solid silver backing)

circa 1000 AD

Made with oxidized sterling silver wire and niobium ear hooks

22" strand

Antique Brass Fish Pendant, Nigeria Button Heat treatment makes clear quartzUnusual Brass (or Bronze) tribal fish pendant worn in Nigeria, Northern Cameroon. This unique pendant has 2 holes on upper fins, with functioning screw on top for scent. 3. 5 inches long x 2 inches wide x 25 mm thick. About 100 years old, lost wax casting, double sided designs, with hint of facial mask (see last picture). Price is for one pendant, with lots of character, weighs 82 grams! From a collection gathered in the early 1970's.