Vessel "abusua kuruwa" · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3035319
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”.
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Keramik aus Schwarz-Afrika und Alt-Amerika, Zürich 1985, p. 71