Gan Crescent Shaped Serpent Pendant

A moon laid on its back, covered in circles, with a creature in the middle.

Gan people of Burkina Faso, West Africa, cast this crescent-shaped serpent pendant in bronze in the 20th century. Crescent and serpent motifs are widely seen in the region, and such pendants are commonly worn as ornaments or charms. A small raised serpent coils at the center of the face, which is covered in concentric arcs. A loop at the top allows it to hang. The bronze is a warm brown-gold with dark recesses.

About three and a half inches across. A necklace piece with ambitions of being a moon.