Description
This is a beautiful Akan terracotta ancestral head. These well executed heads served as stylized funerary portraits and memorials for the Akan peoples of Ghana.
Provenance: Private collection. F.d.G in NL / Tribal Art Treasures
Specifications
- Origin: Ghana, Africa
- Good condition
- Ethnic group: Akan
- Materials: Terracotta
- Weight: 560 grams
- Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 18 cm
- Amount (in stock): 1
- Damage: Old repairs, some splits
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