Pair of Ghana African Pottery Memorial Head

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

Ca. 17th to 18thC. Age-appropriate wear as shown within the pictures. Akan terracotta head with stand; Twifo-Hemang, Ghana. Purchased in Ghana 1994. Ex-Nooter coll.

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 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

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.

**First Time At Auction** 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 n

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

A Fine old terracotta head which was used traditionally as a memorial portrait (nsodie) of an Akan ruler from southern Ghana or southeastern Côte d'Ivoire. It is an idealized representation whose ser

Two African Terracotta Artifacts, Ghana. Including a Koma figure, Ghana, 13th-19th century. On stand. Provenance: ex Eric Robertson Gallery, NYC and an Akan memorial head, 19th century. On stand. Size

Terracotta, 12th-16th Century, Ghana, Africa. Keening or braying terracotta pottery figure of an animal with raised head. 10" long. Koma figures were originally discovered in the 1980s in what is know

A pair of African tribal two-face clay head figures, 10"h, a single two-face head figure (damaged), and a female head figure (tan pottery)

African Ashanti Clay Funerary Head, Ghana. Sculpture of an ancestral figure, traditionally considered memorial heads. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia; purchase

African Memorial Earthenware Mask 20th century, Akan people Ghana, terracotta having pigment, human effigy with abstract and enlarged head on ringed neck; Provenance: private collection, US, purchased

Terracotta, 12th-16th Century, Ghana, Africa. With open nostrils. Concave depression on top of head. 13 1/2". Koma figures were originally discovered in the 1980s in what is known as 'Koma Land'. The

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

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Ghana, Akan culture, Asante peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-sculpted ceramic votive head known as a "ntiri" used in funerary traditions to pay homag

A pair of Roman red-ware pottery sherds from North Africa, c. 4th - 5th Century AD, one featuring the facing head of Oceanus in relief, wearing lobster headdress, 2 1/4 in x 2 in (5.7 x 5.2 cm), the s

Pair Ashanti African Carved Wood Fertility Sculptures, Guinea Coast . Woman nursing fertility Ghana. Man sitting. Measure 19-1/2" H x 5" W x 4-1/2" D Condition: Good condition. Back of each head is a

Africa, Niger and Burkina Faso, Bura, ca. 300 to 800 CE. Among the oldest terracotta sculpture from Sub-Saharan Africa, a characteristically hollow Bura head with a beguiling countenance. Although eve

Pair of African Pottery Vases mounted as Lamps c.1920. [62] Property Title: From the Estate of Robert and Kathryn Altman, NYC. Altman was the director of the TV show M.A.S.H, Gosford Park and many oth

A skillfully cast bronze effigy of a royal personage with facial scars and traditional cap, openwork designs. Benin peoples, Benin , West Africa. The Bronze measures 10 inches tall.

20th century, bronze, to include a male and a female figure, female figure holds a child. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October 3 (Lots 1-948) 48 in. From the Complete and Important Collec

To middle 20th century, likely Kongo and perhaps a ceremonial piece. The piece looks to have been coil built and then sculpted and is topped with a very striking head which is flanked by a handle and

The contemporary cast metal depicting the head of a Nigerian king in an elaborate headdress. 8.75" H.