Sold2022Akan Terracotta Memorial Head Ex Dr Noble EndicottThis is a rare ancient terracotta head which would have commemorated a member of a royal family who lived in what is now south central Ghana. Such sculptures, viewed as substitutes for the deceased, wSee Sold Price
Sold2016African Bura Terracotta Memorial HeadAfrica, Niger, Bura Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th century CE. A memorial head made of baked terracotta, modelled in a characteristically oval form with a pronounced vertical nose, applied earsSee Sold Price
Sold2019AKAN / ASHANTI TERRACOTTA MEMORIAL HEAD, AFRICAN ARTA lovely clay sculpture of an ancestral face and head, traditionally considered memorial heads. Akan or Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The hand made terracotta clay head measures 11 x 5.5 inches.See Sold Price
Sold2019African Bura Asinda Sikka Terracotta Memorial Head**Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Niger, Bura Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th century CE. A memorial head made of baked terracotta, modelled in a characteristically phallic form with a pronoSee Sold Price
Sold2023Akan, Terracotta Memorial Head in the Kwahu Style, West Africa.Akan, terracotta memorial head in the Kwahu style, with long ringed neck, tall coiffure and scarification on cheeks and forehead. Remains of ritual material on both head and neck. West Africa. LikelySee Sold Price
Sold2020Old Akan Ashanti Terracotta memorial Head Ex DeRocheA Fine old terracotta clay memorial head , likely the effigy of a foreign trader, certainly more of a portrait then most Akan memorial heads. Provenance: Ex Dave DeRoche, Sanfrancisco, CA.See Sold Price
Sold2019Old Akan Ashanti Terracotta Memorial Head, African ArtOld hand made terracotta clay styled head with raised tribal tattoos and elongated facial features. The head has a fairly weathered and eroded bottom edge suggesting some time in the field. The Head mSee Sold Price
Sold2017Two Akan-Style Terracotta Memorial HeadsTwo African Akan-style, Ghana terracotta nsodie (memorial heads); each with incised and moulded detailing; H: 11" (larger, approx.)See Sold Price
2022Ancient Akan Memorial Head Ex Endicott CollectionAn ancient Akan peoples terracotta Memorial Head (Mma) with large flat rounded head and obvious age and field use, dating back to the late 19th or early 20th century, Ghana, Kwahu traditional area. ThSee Sold Price
Sold2021BENIN KINGDOM, NIGERIA, AFRICAN TERRACOTTA MEMORIALBENIN KINGDOM, NIGERIA, AFRICAN TERRACOTTA MEMORIAL HEAD FOR A CHIEF H 9" W 6" 9 - 7/8" x 6-1/8" x 7 -1/2". Center of sculpture is open from neck to top of head. Provenance: Estate of Jack Faxon, MichSee Sold Price
Sold2022Ancient Akan Memorial HeadAncient terracotta Memorial head with well weathered smooth facial features suggesting many generations of field use and exposure to the elements. Akan / Ashanti peoples, Gahana, Africa. The head measSee Sold Price
Sold2016Ancient African Bura Terracotta Head, ex-ArnovickAfrica, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with incised slit eyes and mouth, small modeled ears, aSee Sold Price
Sold2016Ancient African Clay Bura Head, Ex-ArnovickAfrica, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with pierced eyes and a slit mouth, a slightly raised noSee Sold Price
Sold2016Old African Clay Bura Head Plaited Coiff, ex-ArnovickAfrica, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, detailed with slit eyes and mouth, a slightly raised nosSee Sold Price
Sold2016Ancient African Clay Bura Head, ex-ArnovickAfrica, Mali/Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with coffee bean shaped eyes and mouth, the right ear deliSee Sold Price
Sold2017Bura Asinda-Sikka Terracotta Head**Originally Listed At $300** Africa, Mali/Niger, Bura Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with coffee bean shaped eyesSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Fine Old Ashanti / Akan Memorial Head (Nsodie)A very interesting old terracotta clay Memorial Head (Nsodie)from the Ashanti / Akan peoples of Ghana, Africa. painted black with a highly stylized form of a human head with raised facial features andSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ashanti Akan Ghana Pottery Memorial Head In present-day Ghana, terracotta sculptures produced byIn present-day Ghana, terracotta sculptures produced by women have played a central role in Akan funerary rites. Made from humble clay, this head is a commemorative portrait created to honor a departeSee Sold Price
Sold2022Akan Memorial HeadThis is a very old terracotta sculpture from the Akan peoples of Ghana, Africa. According to the Met Museum: Such Idols were created posthumously, royal images like this one were placed with the portrSee Sold Price
Sold2020Elegant Old Akan Memorial Head African Shrine ObjectA Fine old terracotta head which was used traditionally as a memorial portrait (nsodie) of an Akan ruler from southern Ghana or southeastern Côte d'Ivoire. It is an idealized representation whose serSee Sold Price
Sold2023Akan Twifo Hemang Memorial Head Ghana African Tribal ArtCa. 17th to 18thC. Age-appropriate wear as shown within the pictures. Akan terracotta head with stand; Twifo-Hemang, Ghana. Purchased in Ghana 1994. Ex-Nooter coll.See Sold Price
Sold2020Two African Terracotta Artifacts, GhanaTwo African Terracotta Artifacts, Ghana. Including a Koma figure, Ghana, 13th-19th century. On stand. Provenance: ex Eric Robertson Gallery, NYC and an Akan memorial head, 19th century. On stand. SizeSee Sold Price
Sold2022African Art Ashanti Terracotta HeadAn Ashanti / Akan Memorial Head (Nsodia), with raised lines on forehead and eyes. Circa 1500 - 1800 AD. Mounted on wood base. 6-1/4" L (w/o base). Provenance: EX collection, MassSee Sold Price
Sold2016Three memorial heads - Ghana, Ashanti/Abronterracotta, brown resp. black patina, various facial forms and coiffures, min. dam., fine cracks, missing parts, bases; memorial heads of the Akan were not thought as individual portraits, they just sSee Sold Price
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