Looks like ancient bronze tribal figure

I have found this strange looking bronze woman figure , looks like her dress was once a bell .... any clues ?

 

Need dimensions and pic of underside.

 

210x75mm thanks

 

I think it's tourist stuff from Africa. An ancient technique, but not an ancient item.

 

possibly african....maybe Benin or Ashanti..??

 

It's not old; the patina is all wrong. I agree - probably a nice tourist piece.

 

I took some close up pictures using my loupe and iPhone hope it helps

 

Thank you all for the feedback.I'm from Africa and traveled this land for years .Never saw anything like this before . If this is a tourist piece they sure went through a lot of trouble to make a couple of bucks . Don't know much about patina but I find it very hard to believe this kind of ageing was faked. Anyway going to keep it I kind of like it )

 

Well then if you're from Africa you should know that every tribe has very specific designs for their cultural art work.....& if you've never seen one like it before ...that's a bad sign .......not a sigh that you've found the one and only item that has evaded the professionals all this time !!

 

I never thought that I was just wondering about its origin since I never saw features like that in any other figure I've had . Might not be african at all !

 

a possibility ....

 

Try the Chimu culture from South America, the spiral loops fits their motifs.