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An Akan terracotta funerary head
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
the ridged neck supporting a spherical head with delicate features, the parted lips beneath an upturned nose leading to arching brows framing the coffee-bean eyes, with raised scarification at the temples leading to the ears in relief and a pointed knot at the crown; '272' in white pigment on the base; mottled light to dark grey surface.
Provenance
Acquired from Stolper Galleries, Amsterdam, Morton Lipkin and Robert Stolper, April 12, 1967
Exhibited
Los Angeles, UCLA, Frederick S. Wight Gallery, Arts of Ghana, October 11 - December 11, 1977 (for additional venues see bibliography, Cole and Ross 1977)
Literature
Cole and Ross 1977: 129, figure 282
Catalogue Note
Cf. Preston (1969: 28, figure 36) for a closely related head.