Memorial head (nsodie)

late 1600s–early 1700s Overall: 19.1 x 13.6 x 15.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.22

This is an idealized portrait of an Akan royal. The Akan states formed in West Africa around the 1400s. Akan royal family members commissioned terracotta portraits like this from female artists during someone’s life. Following their death and burial, the family placed these sc...

Sculpture

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1990.22
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