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Akan 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 portr

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Ancient 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. Th

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Elegant 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 ser

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Ancient 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 meas

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A 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 and

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Two 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. Size

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African 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, Mass

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Old 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.

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Akan 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, w

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Akan Terracotta Memorial HeadA 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. This sculpture is an idealized representati

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Akan, 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. Likely

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African, Ghana, Akan Memorial Terracotta HeadAfrican, Ghana, Akan Memorial Terracotta Head. 9"h x 5.5"w x 5.5"l

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Akan 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.

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AKAN / 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.

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Old 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 m

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Ashanti 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 departe

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Three 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 s

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

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African Memorial Earthenware MaskAfrican Memorial Earthenware Mask 20th century, Akan people Ghana, terracotta having pigment, human effigy with abstract and enlarged head on ringed neck; Provenance: private collection, US, purchased

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Ife-Gedenkkopf / Ife Memorial Head27 Gedenkkopf Königreich Ife, Nigeria Gesockelt (base included) Terrakotta. H 30 cm. Provenienz: - Ernst Oskar Hieber (geb. 1896) - Galerie Walu, Zürich (2001) - Nachlass Rudolf und Leonore Blum, Zu

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Memorial head - Nigeria, Benin, Bini / Edowood, coconut shell, Wooden shrine heads were allowed to sit on the altars of chiefs and important individuals as opposed to the copper alloy heads that were exclusively used by the royalty of Benin.

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An Akan HeadKopf Akan, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Terrakotta. H 20,5 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich (vor 1995). Thermolumineszenz-Altersbestimmung: 100 Jahre (+/- 20 %). Der Name "Akan" bezeichnet eine G

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Memorial head of an "oba" - Nigeria, Beninwood, collection number "14", base H: 34,5 cm, H: 13,6 inch Provenance: Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 30 November 2013, lot 319 Continent: Africa

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A Yoruba Bronze Memorial Head, African ArtA wonderful highly stylized bronze memorial head, cast using the lost wax method and with traditional features of the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. The head measures 11.5 inches tall.

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