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Akan Funerary Head

Akan Funerary Head

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
Male Figure
Artist Unidentified
19th–20th century
Commemorative Head
Commemorative Head
Artist Unidentified
16th–17th century
Container (abebudie)
Container (abebudie)
Artist Unidentified
20th century, 1950–2000
Pipe bowl
Pipe bowl
Artist Unidentified
20th century, 1950–2000
Water jar
Water jar
Artist Unidentified
mid 20th century
Head
Head
about 1750
Kneeling Figure
Kneeling Figure
Djenne peoples
13th–15th century
Portrait head
Portrait head
12th–14th century
Head
Head
about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
Male Figure
Male Figure
about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
Figure of a Ewe
Figure of a Ewe
Djenne peoples
13th–15th century
Mother and child (ntadi)
Mother and child (ntadi)
Artist Unidentified
19th century or earlier