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Late 18th C. African Akan Pottery Head, ex Museum

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Late 18th C. African Akan Pottery Head, ex Museum

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West Africa, Ghana, Akan peoples, ca. late 18th to 19th century CE. A hand-built pottery head that perhaps depicts an ancestor with slit-form eyes and puffy lids, a slender nose with impressed nostrils, a gently smiling mouth, and pierced ears. The thick neckline gradually expands to form the profile of the head, and atop the forehead is a plug-form coiffure. Size: 3" W x 3.5" H (7.6 cm x 8.9 cm)

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection; ex-La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California, USA

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Condition

This is a fragment from a larger pottery figure. Minor nicks and abrasions to face, coiffure, and neckline, with light encrustations, and a few stable hairline fissures. Light earthen deposits throughout. Old museum label on verso.

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Late 18th C. African Akan Pottery Head, ex Museum

Name: Late 18th C. African Akan Pottery Head, ex Museum
SKU: 89369984
Price: 100 USD
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