Gan Five Headed Serpent Pendant

Spiked crown above a bullseye disc, tapering to a patterned blade.

This bronze pendant of a five-headed serpent is Gan, from Burkina Faso, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. The Gan people of Burkina Faso are known for cast brass and bronze figures and ornaments made by the lost-wax method, in which each piece is shaped first in wax. Flat piece with five pointed, studded prongs fanned across the top and a large disc of concentric rings below. A long tapering blade is cross-hatched in a diamond pattern. Honey-brown, on a small black stand. It is 3.75 inches wide and 6.5 high.

Looks like a sunburst that took up professional dueling.