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An Akan Kwahu Funerary Head

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Item Details

Description

Gedenk-Kopf
Akan-Kwahu, Ghana
Ohne Sockel / without base
Terrakotta. H 27 cm.

Provenienz:
Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola.

Idealisierte Abbilder aus gebranntem Ton wurden zur Erinnerung an Vorfahren in gesonderten Hainen aufgestellt. Sie wurden dort so lange zeremoniell verehrt, bis sich niemand mehr an die Dargestellten erinnern konnte.

Die Ruhe und Gelassenheit ausstrahlenden Terrakotten waren somit materialisierten Verbindungen zwischen Dies- und Jenseits, die ähnliche Zwecke erfüllen konnten wie andernorts Denkmäler oder Grabsteine.

Weiterführende Literatur:
LaGamma, Alisa (2011). Helden Afrikas. Zürich: Museum Rietberg.

CHF 100 / 200
EUR 86 / 172

Condition

Body and head had broken apart and are now joined with glue (old repair, visible on the multiple photos we have uploaded for your documentation).

Körper und Kopf waren auseinander gebrochen und sind nun mit Klebstoff verbunden (alte Reparatur, auf mehreren Fotos, die wir für Ihre Dokumentation hochgeladen haben, zu sehen).