Ashanti Terra-cotta Funerary Head

Description:

Ashanti Terra-cotta Funerary Head, placed over graves by the Ashanti to honor their ancestors, with the flat head characteristic of the Ashanti fertility figure Akua ba, ht. 4, wd. 6 in.

Provenance: Private collection, Cambridge; Galerie Lemaire, Amsterdam.
Estimate $20-200

With chip and crack to chin.


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