Memorial head · Ghana, Akan, Twifo-Hemang style · 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.
The object Memorial head with the object ID 3046749 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 167 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.
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