TERRA COTTA MEMORIAL HEAD

This 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, w

Africa, 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 ears

A 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.

**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 prono

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. Likely

A 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.

Old 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 m

Two African Akan-style, Ghana terracotta nsodie (memorial heads); each with incised and moulded detailing; H: 11" (larger, approx.)

An 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. Th

BENIN 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, Mich

Ancient 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 meas

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 incised slit eyes and mouth, small modeled ears, a

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 pierced eyes and a slit mouth, a slightly raised no

Africa, 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 nos

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 eyes and mouth, the right ear deli

**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 eyes

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 and

In 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 departe

This 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 portr

A 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 ser

Ca. 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.

Two 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. Size

An 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, Mass

terracotta, 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 s