Memorial Head (Nsodie), 17th–mid-18th century, Ghana, Akan peoples, Terracotta, roots, quartz fragments, H. 8 x W. 5 5/8 x D. 5 in. (20.3 x 14.3 x 12.7 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, This elegant terracotta head is a memorial portrait (nsodie) of an Akan ruler from present-day southern Ghana or southeastern Côte d'Ivoire. It is an idealized representation whose serene expression, well-balanced features, and striated neck suggest the positive qualities such rulers are expected to embody
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Memorial Head, Nsodie, 17th–mid-18th century, Ghana, Akan peoples, Terracotta, roots, quartz fragments, H, 8 x W, 5 5/8 D, 5, 20.3 14.3 12.7 cm, Ceramics-Sculpture, elegant, terracotta, head, memorial portrait, nsodie, ruler, present-day southern, southeastern Côte, d'Ivoire, idealized representation, serene expression, well-balanced features, striated neck, suggest, positive qualities, rulers, expected, embody
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