Two Akan-Style Terracotta Memorial Heads

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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.

A group of Two Pre-Classic Style Head Fragments. Mexico. ++ Head. Terracotta. 3 3/4" x 2 1/4" x 1 3/8". ++ Head. Stone. 6" x 2" x 2 1/2".Shipping: Shipping for our Collector's Series Ethnographic Auct

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

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

Pre-Columbian Style Assortment 20th century items including two Olmec style stone masks having stands, a Guerrero style stone head, a Tumaco terracotta head having stand, a pottery Tlaloc face fragmen

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).

Two Mayan style, clay figural serving pieces. Include terracotta slotted spoon with alligator head shaped handle (measures approximately 15 in. x 6 in. x 2 in.) and four legged clay animal vessel. (me

Two Pre Columbian Mayan style terracotta pottery vases. Both feature faded polychrome design. with three footed eagle head legs. Good overall condition with mild storage wear. Measures approximately 1

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 lot of 4 Romano-Egyptian terracotta heads, c. 2nd Century BC/AD, including two women with elaborate hair styles, a youth with short curly hair and a veiled priest. Each nicely preserved Largest 3 in

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

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

A Group of Meso- and South American Style Artifacts Comprising a small rock crystal skull, a Peruvian woven textile fragment, two small terracotta heads and a terracotta owl with mold. Height of cryst

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

An Ashanti / Akan Memorial Head (Nsodia), with raised lines on forehead and eyes. Circa 1500 - 1800 AD. Mounted on wood base. 6-1/4" L (w/o base). Provenance: EX collection, Mass