Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)
Memorial head (nsodie)

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Memorial head (nsodie),

19th-early 20th century

Artist unrecorded
Akan
1996-33
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Teach with Collections: Akan artist; memorial head (nsodie)

Information

Title
Memorial head (nsodie)
Dates

19th-early 20th century

Maker
Artist unrecorded
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
h. 20.2 cm., w. 12.3 cm., d. 12.5 cm. (7 15/16 x 4 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
1996-33
Place Made

Africa, Côte d’Ivoire

Africa, Ghana

Culture
African, Akan
Type
memorial columns, ceramics
Materials
ceramic and ceramic products, terracotta
Techniques
firing (technique)
Subject
servants, hair, heads

Nina Bunshaft, New York, NY; [Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., by 1996 [1] ]; purchased by Gillett G. Griffin, Princeton, NJ, 1996; donated to the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, 1996.

[1] Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc, Invoice, January 26, 1996, #2672; Reg #32267 (Ex. Collection Nina Bunshaft).

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