Memorial figure · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3048164
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Thomas L. McNemar, Lexington, Virginia, USASize
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
terracotta / ceramic, clay encrustations, fragmentary, rest., base
According to early reports, it was the custom to wash and repaint (with black paint) these figures and then to carry them in solemn processions at annually recurring commemorative ceremonies.
The rest of the time, according to Sieber, the figures are said to have been kept in special rooms or at shrines. The majority, however, seem to have been placed in or near cemeteries.
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 175 f. Cole, Herbert M. & Doran H. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, p. 125
Publications
A Selected Portfolio of African Sculpture in the McNemar Collection, New York 1966Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).