Vessel "abusua kuruwa"
Ghana, Ashanti
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Size
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch
Description
blackish brown clay, several motifs modelled in relief on the body of the vessel, lid in the shape of a disc-shaped head with ringed neck in the Kwahu style, min. dam., traces of abrasion;
for centuries the deceased of the Akan received a more or less elaborate decorated family vessel “abusua kuruwa”.