Memorial head · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3033309
sold
EUR 130
Provenance
Arnold Bamert, Solothurn, SwitzerlandHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
Size
H: 16 cm
H: 6.3 inch
Description
terracotta, partly encrusted patina, long neck with indicated Adam’s apple, bean-shaped eyes, burled coiffure, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base;
memorial heads of the Akan were not thought as individual portraits, they just showed singularities of the deceased, just like coiffure, skin scarification marks or ornaments, which made him recognizable for his relatives.
Comparing literature
Kunstverein Aalen e.V. (Hg.), Kunst der Akan, Aalen 1995, p. 30