Akan - Ghana e Costa d'Avorio Sculpture in the form of an anthropomorphic head. Terracotta and

In present-day Ghana, terracotta sculptures produced by women have played a central role in Akan funerary rites. Made from humble clay, this head is a commemorative portrait created to honor a departe

This is a rare ancient terracotta head which would have commemorated a member of a royal family who lived in what is now south central Ghana. Such sculptures, viewed as substitutes for the deceased, w

A lovely clay sculpture of an ancestral face and head, traditionally considered memorial heads. Akan or Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The hand made terracotta clay head measures 11 x 5.5 inches.

A very interesting old terracotta clay Memorial Head (Nsodie)from the Ashanti / Akan peoples of Ghana, Africa. painted black with a highly stylized form of a human head with raised facial features and

This is a very old terracotta sculpture from the Akan peoples of Ghana, Africa. According to the Met Museum: Such Idols were created posthumously, royal images like this one were placed with the portr

A small terracotta clay fragment of a anthropomorphic sculpture with classic facial features such as the heavy lidded eyes and elongated form. There are old collection numbers painted on the bottom an

terracotta, brown resp. black patina, various facial forms and coiffures, min. dam., fine cracks, missing parts, bases; memorial heads of the Akan were not thought as individual portraits, they just s

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 1 to 800 CE. An incredible deep green jadeite mace head carved in highly abstract, anthropomorphic form. Drilling and string-cutting by ancient artisans

A Costa Rican Jade Anthropomorphic Mace Head Diquis, Circa 600-900 A.D. Height 4 3/16 inches (10.7 cm). Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Emile Deletaille. [with inventory label no. 8445

Gabriella Crespi (Italian, born 1922) abstract bronze sculpture in the form of a head with lightly hammered surface, untitled. Signed and numbered 300/3 on the base edge. 17 1/2" H x 12" W x 14" D. Pr

Ancient Japanese Kofun Period Haniwa Terracotta Head. Hollow clay form with perforated eyes and mouth, c. 225-550 CE. On base. Size: 7'' x 4.5'' x 5'' (18 x 11 x 13 cm); Height on stand: 11.5" (29 cm)

DESCRIPTION: Patinated Terracotta Female Sculpture Signed E. March Sohne, Berlin. Depicting a female standing figure dressed with hellenistic drapery garments and holding with her left hand a fishing

Tribal primitive Handmade figural ceramic sculpture having flattened form, ovoid style head. horizontal slit eyes, partially open mouth, with wire pierced nose and exposed genitalia. No apparent marki

A rare and fascinating relic of a anthropomorphic sculpture from the Bankoni Culture, Mali. The remains of a statue with head arched back , eternally gazing at the heaves, mouth open in a dramatic fas

Pre-Columbian, Jaina Island, Mexico, Maya, ca. 600 to 950 CE. A mold-made sculpture in the form of an elite Mayan seated lord donning an elaborate headdress upon his coiffure - his fancy hairstyle com

Robert McCaine (20th Century). An original wood statue. A figural work depicting the stylized form of a human head with polychrome features. Artist signature to underside with additional work details.

LALIQUE French Crystal 12 in. L/E Amber Buddha Statue. Rare Limited numbered edition Lalique France crystal art glass Buddha sculpture. Features the iconic form of Buddha rendered in stunning and warm

Terracotta with painting. China, Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220), TL-tested ageThis large sculpture, exceptionally unusual in its form and thus particularly rare is displaying a very erect, standing phoeni

Terra Bianca table form the Argani series with enameled terracotta base and lacquered wood top. Marked. Manufactured by Skipper, Italy, 1982 cm 182x110x73

David Wojnarowicz, American, 1954 to 1992, sculpture made of collaged paper and acrylic on cast plaster titled Head, from the Metamorphosis series, 1984. Signed and dated to the bottom. David Michael

wood, feathers, rattan, plant fibre cord, blackish mass, anthropomorphic head on stylized body (legs recognizable in back view), plume of twenty-six trimmed frigate bird feathers, old collection numbe

Franz Hagenauer (Austrian, 1906-1986) A female head sculpture, hammered brass, stamped Werkstatte Hagenauer Wein VII circa 1920. Purchased at D. Leonard Trent & Gerry, NY, September 1977. A copy of th

Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. An exquisite, life-size terracotta head of the Buddha, depicted nearly in the round, with a wavy coiffure, a gener

Franz Hagenauer (Austrian, 1906-1986) A Cubist nickel plated metal head sculpture, stamped Hagenauer Wien circa 1930. Purchased at D. Leonard Trent & Gerry, NY, September 1977. A copy of the original