Three memorial heads · Ghana, Ashanti / Abron · ID: 3040051
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Size
H: 13,5 cm - 21,5 cm
H: 5.3 inch - 8.5 inch
Description
terracotta, brown resp. black patina, various facial forms and coiffures, min. dam., fine cracks, missing parts, bases;
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.