Memorial head
· Ghana, Akan, Twifo-Hemang style
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ID: 3046749
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Galerie Biedermann, Munich, GermanyGerman Private Collection (1981)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 138
Size
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch
Description
ceramic/ terracotta, rest., base
This terracotta heads may be considered generalized portraits of the dead. They are identified through insignia of their rank or office and their status indicated through embellishments or ornamentation of their hair.