Vessel "abusua kuruwa"
Ghana, Ashanti
sold
EUR 240
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
brown, partly blackened clay, with long neck, a stopper in shape of a cocoon (proverb: “a peculiar person’s character is not easily to be determined”), dam., missing parts, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
for centuries the deceased of the Akan received a more or less elaborate decorated family vessel “abusua kuruwa.