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Akan Funerary Head
Akan Funerary Head

Akan Funerary Head

Artist Unidentified
20th century
Object PlaceGhana
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta
Dimensions27.9 x 16.5 x 7.0 cm (11 x 6 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.108
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceMarch, 1968, sold by Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
Head
Artist Unidentified
19th–20th century
Commemorative Head
Artist Unidentified
16th–17th century
Container (abebudie)
Artist Unidentified
20th century, 1950–2000
Pipe bowl
Artist Unidentified
20th century, 1950–2000
Water jar
Artist Unidentified
mid 20th century
Portrait head
12th–14th century
Kneeling Figure
Djenne peoples
13th–15th century
Head
about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
Male Figure
about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
Figure of a Ewe
Djenne peoples
13th–15th century
Head
about 1750
Female Figure (mbulenga)
Artist Unidentified
20th century