Probably made in the North Benin, these small objects are showing the daily life in villages...

Painted c ast iron of aluminium painted, typically fifties, one of any first objects intended for the tourists.

The realization is extremely meticulous.
These objects became very rare, replaced by a tourist craft more and more "cheap junk".

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Bénin

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22 x 12

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