Figure

1800s Overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.205

A master female potter among the Asante created this clay sculpture to commemorate the departed. While not a naturalistic portrait, this figure depicts features associated with the dead person such as coiffure or facial marks. The rolls of flesh on the neck are a widespread ar...

Sculpture

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1974.205
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