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.
The object Three memorial heads with the object ID 3040051 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 226.
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