Sculpture

71-4-7

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 71-4-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ashanti
Provenience Ghana
Section African
Materials Clay | Fiber | Cowrie Shell
Iconography Human
Description

Unglazed clay figure with roughly modeled shperical head on an undetailed bodymass, oval in section. Bundle of straw (now cut off very short) set into top forehead, cowrie shell eyes. A band with some long fringe, made of hair, rests over figure's shoulders.

Height 32.7 cm
Width 22.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Kohler, 1971

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