Three anthropomorphic sculptures ·  Ghana, Koma-Builsa/Komaland · ID: 3042689

Description

red terracotta, a) male figure without arms and legs, incised patterns, drilled holes, dam. (crested coiffure), base, h: 18 cm; b) female half figure, slightly hollowed disc-shaped flattened head with central drilling, ears and nostrils drilled likewise, (presumably once pointed) lower end of the figure missing, base, h: 12 cm; c) fragment of female half figure without arms, coarse-grained terracotta, big head, flattened on the upper end in whole breadth and provided with four drilled holes, ears and nostrils drilled likewise, h: 15,5 cm

Expertise

R. Kotalla, Haigerloch, Thermoluminescence Analysis Report No 018710, 25 October 1987; R. Kotalla, Haigerloch, Thermoluminescence Analysis Report No 980517, 19 May 1998