Three memorial heads - Ghana, Ashanti/Abron

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

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.

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

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

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.

African Ashanti Clay Funerary Head, Ghana. Sculpture of an ancestral figure, traditionally considered memorial heads. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia; purchase

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

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

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

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

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

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

A group of three West African objects. 20th century. ++ Igbo maternity figure. Nigeria. 47 1/2" x 20" x 15". ++ Owo style bell. Nigeria. 6" x 4" x 5". ++ Akan funerary head. Ghana. 11 1/2" x 5" x 5"._

Fante Asafo Flag #44 depicts a large creature with three snake heads, wings, and devil's tail holding down a yellow figure clothed in brown, over mint green ground, with Ghana flag canton,

Kopf mit drei Gesichtern Koma-Bulsa, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Terrakotta. H 23,5 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich (vor 1987). Thermolumineszenz-Altersbestimmung: 400 Jahre (+/- 20 %). Karl Fe

A group of three Asante combs. 20th century. Ghana. ++ Comb with two heads. 10 1/4" x 3 5/8" x 1/2". ++ Comb fragment with head finial. 9 3/8" x 3" x 1/2". ++ Comb with open-work carving. 6 1/2" x 2 1

Koma-Bulsa Culture, (4) terracotta heads, Possibly 14th-16th c. CE, North Ghana, hand-molded earthenware, including a 4-headed and Janus examples, three on metal stands, 7"h x 4"dia (largest), 1"h x 3

African Ashanti peoples (Ghana) carved wooden "Akuaba" fertility dolls, three total in various sizes, featuring round, flat heads and outstretched arms, the largest mounted to metal base, the smallest

African 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

(8) Senufo Heddle pulleys, ex-museum, late 19th to second half 20th c., Ghana/Ivory Coast/Burkina Faso, carved wood, three carved with stylized bird finials, four with human heads, two mounted on plin

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Framed etching drypoint on cream paper. The work titled "Femme Assise et Trois Tetes Barbues" ("Seated Woman and Three Bearded Heads") from La Suite Vollard, produc

REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669)Three Heads of Women, One Asleepetchingsheet: 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in., frame: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. Provenance: The Collection of Louis Joseph; by descent to the current o

Height: 30cm, width: 21cm, weight: 7138 G

Wendell Brazeau (1910-1974 Washington) ''Three Heads'' Acrylic on Board 20''x24'' Image. Signed l.r. with Francie Seders Gallery and Martin-Zambito Fine Art labels on verso. Original framing 21''x25''