Akan, Terracotta Memorial Head in the Kwahu Style, West Africa.

Akan, terracotta memorial head in the Kwahu style, with long ringed neck, tall coiffure and scarification on cheeks and forehead. Remains of ritual material on both head and neck. West Africa. Likely

Three terracotta head fragments, possibly ancient, in the Nok, Sokoto or Katsina styles, West Africa, largest 3.75" high

Four terracotta head fragments, possibly ancient, in the Nok, Sokoto or Katsina styles, West Africa, largest 3.25" high" high

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.

An ancient Akan peoples terracotta Memorial Head (Mma) with large flat rounded head and obvious age and field use, dating back to the late 19th or early 20th century, Ghana, Kwahu traditional area. Th

Two African Akan-style, Ghana terracotta nsodie (memorial heads); each with incised and moulded detailing; H: 11" (larger, approx.)

A group of Two Akan Funerary Figures. Terracotta. Ghana, West Africa. ++ Akan Funerary Head. 6 3/4" x 5" x 2 1/2". ++ Akan Funerary Figure. 7" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2". Condition: Neck of figure is broken.Sh

Ancient terracotta Memorial head with well weathered smooth facial features suggesting many generations of field use and exposure to the elements. Akan / Ashanti peoples, Gahana, Africa. The head meas

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

West Africa, Mali, Bankoni style, ca. 12th to 16th century CE. A wonderful abstract figure with an elongated, expressive form with massive long legs and smallish upper body. The head is in an upward p

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

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 Fine old terracotta clay memorial head , likely the effigy of a foreign trader, certainly more of a portrait then most Akan memorial heads. Provenance: Ex Dave DeRoche, Sanfrancisco, CA.

Old hand made terracotta clay styled head with raised tribal tattoos and elongated facial features. The head has a fairly weathered and eroded bottom edge suggesting some time in the field. The Head m

This is a classic Nok terracotta head from Nigeria, West Africa.Estimated to be from around 500 BC till about 200 AD. Nok culture, named after the village on the Jos plateu in Nigeria where it was fir

This is a classic Nok terracotta head from Nigeria, West Africa.Estimated to be from around 500 BC till about 200 AD. Nok culture, named after the village on the Jos plateu in Nigeria where it was fir

Ethnographic Carved Stone and Pottery Assortment (10) items including (2) Oceanic heads, Daniel Muvirimi mother and child figurine, an Akan memorial head, an Eastern Africa fertility goddess, a cerami

African Akan Terracotta Head in the Adwin Style, likely 18th C. Size: 5.5" x 4.5" x 6" (14 x 11 x 15 cm).

Group of (7) Koma (Koma-Bulsa, Komaland), Ghana, West Africa, terracotta memorials, likely 13th - 18th century, of anthropomorphic form. Approximate size, 4.25"H (largest), 2.75"H (smallest). PROVENAN

A group of 3 West African style terracotta head fragments. Nigeria, Nok. 20th century. 9"h x 6"w x 5 3/4"d. 9"h x 5"w x 5 1/2"d. 9”h x 4 3/8”w x 5 1/4”d. Provenance: Estate of Claude”Nyabinghi

A group of five West African objects. 20th century. ++ Asante style terracotta vessel. 6 1/8" x 13 1/2" x 12 1/4". ++ West African style terracotta head. 7 1/2" x 5" x 5 1/2". ++ Asante style stool. 1

A large Nok style terracotta with other objects. 20th century. ++West African style terracotta head , 5 1/2"h x 5"diam. ++ Stone seated figure, Sierra Leone, 5 1/2"h x 2"w x 2"d. ++ African style ston

A group of Three West African Style Objects. ++ West African Style Terracotta Head. Terracotta, pigment. 3" x 5". With stand, 9 1/2". ++ West African Style Bull. Ceramic. 1 1/2" x 5 1/8". ++ West Afri

A group of four African figural objects. 20th century. ++ Mask. 20" x 8" x 9". ++ Mask. 24" x 7" x 9". ++ Komaland style Janiform terracotta torso. West Africa. 11" x 6" x 6". ++ Mask. 20" x 9" x 12".