Vol. I · The open image paperWinnipeg · Musée sans mursRecovered · Remembered · Returned
Cleveland Museum of Art148158portrait1650–1700CC0cma african-global-heritage portraits objects-with-gravity african global heritage objects with gravity terracotta ancient african art sculpture head portrait clay earth tones brown beige primitive ritual figurative wall hanging nigeria west africa prehistoric ancient art1650–1700 Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Akan-style artist terracotta Sculpture African PortraitAfrican & Global Heritage Faces in Time Objects with Gravity
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Head (1650–1700). Gift of Katherine C. White Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.157
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Akan sculptures made head forms as idealized portraits of the deceased. Made of terracotta, a low-termperature fired ceramic, this head features simple shapes of triangles, curves, and lozenges to represent the nose, mouth, and eyes. The style of this terracotta memorial head allows us to date it, and locate its likely place of manufacture. Scholars believe that this small, hollow-backed style sculpture is from the Ahinsan funerary site and was made between 1650 and 1700.
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A weathered terracotta head sculpture depicts a stylized human face with closed eyes and a simple, earthy tone.
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