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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