African Vessel-Snare
$350.00
This piece was inspired by a fragment of an ancient stone tool used by the Nok tribe of Nigeria. It transformed with the idea of the snares that are placed everywhere and severely injure and kill many different animals including elephants. While it doesn’t look like the snares, it captures the brutality of that way of hunting.
It is finished with slip, minerals and wood ash.
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