Sculpture

71-4-8

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 71-4-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ashanti
Provenience Ghana
Section African
Materials Clay | Cowrie Shell
Iconography Human
Description

Unglazed clay figure, inset with cowries. Hemi-shperical head sinks into larger rounded body mass. Face, on the top surface, has cowrie shell eyes and teeth, a modeled nose, and a cross formed by four cowries set itno the forehead. More cowrie shells are set into the figure's shoulders around entire circumference.

Height 17.2 cm
Outside Diameter 20.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Kohler, 1971

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