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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9794888, member: 8267&quot;]They look right for edan Ogboni, but the castings are rather rough.</p><p><br /></p><p>The material visible on the inside is probably a core. Unless the casting is intended to be solid, a wax model of the final figure is built over a core, which is made of heat resistant materials such as a combination of clay, sand and straw. The wax model is then covered with a layer of fine clay that will pick up the detail, followed by more layers of heavier clay mixtures. Small pins may be inserted through the layers into the core to hold it in place. The mold is allowed to dry, and then it is heated to melt the wax, which flows out of an opening left for this purpose. The result is a mold with a core suspended in the middle, and a hollow space between the core and the outer shell in the shape of the model, into which molten metal can be poured. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t say what the age of this set might be, or if they were made for sale or use. They seem like an odd thing to make for tourists, however, as they are not easy to display.</p><p><br /></p><p>The size of yours is pretty similar to this pair -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]485657[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://agnes.queensu.ca/explore/collections/object/staff-with-male-and-female-couple-edan-ogboni-or-edan-osugbo/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://agnes.queensu.ca/explore/collections/object/staff-with-male-and-female-couple-edan-ogboni-or-edan-osugbo/" rel="nofollow">https://agnes.queensu.ca/explore/collections/object/staff-with-male-and-female-couple-edan-ogboni-or-edan-osugbo/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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