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This virtual gallery is yours. The Friend's Gallery presents statues photographed in various other galleries, auction houses and exhibitions principally in France, as well as pictures of any of your pieces you may desire to exhibit on the mémoire d'afrique site. The caption would be provided by the sender, private collector or gallery. We accept submission from all over the world.
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760 - Akan or Asante head
Very nice, intact Akan head. No hole in the back of the head. Very friendly, almost sweet expression.
H. 21 cm
18-19th century
Private collection (Belgium)
769 - Akan or Asante oval-shaped head
H. 16 cm
Private collection (U.S.A.)
18th century
810 - Akan or Asante two-faced funerary head
Paris auction room (Napoleon Hotel), January 28, 2007
Auctioneer: Conan Auction
Unknown height
18th century
www.inter-encheres.com
811 - Akan or Asante terracotta head of a woman
Southern Ghana
H. 7.625" (19.4cm) x W. 4" (10.2cm)
Circa: 19 th Century AD to 20 th Century AD
$3,000.00
Location: United States
www.artoftheancientworld.com
www.barakatgallery.com
812 - Akan or Asante terracotta head
Origin: Southern Ghana
H. 10.5" (26.7cm) x W. 7" (17.8cm)
Circa: 17 th Century AD to 18 th Century AD
$3,600.00
Location: United States
www.artoftheancientworld.com
www.barakatgallery.com
813 - Akan or Asante terracotta funerary head
Origin: Ahinsan, Ghana
Dimensions: 10" (25.4cm) high x 6.375" (16.2cm) wide
Circa: 17 th Century AD to 19 th Century AD
$3,600.00
Location: United States
www.artoftheancientworld.com
www.barakatgallery.com
814 - Akan or Asante terracotta ancestral head
Ghana
Dimensions: 4.25" (10.8cm) high
Circa: 16 th Century AD to 18 th Century AD
$500.00
Location: United States
www.artoftheancientworld.com
www.barakatgallery.com
815 - Akan or Asante terracotta funerary head
Ghana
8.75" (22.2cm) high
Circa: 16 th Century AD to 18 th Century AD
$5,000.00
Location: United States
www.artoftheancientworld.com
www.barakatgallery.com
871 - Akan or Asante funerary terracotta head
Ghana
6" (15.2cm) high x 3.5" (8.9cm) wide
Circa: 16 th Century AD to 18 th Century AD
$1,500.00
Location: United States
www.artoftheancientworld.com
www.barakatgallery.com
898 - Akan or Asante ancient head
Eroded hairstyle
H. 12 inches (30 cm)
Estimation: $30.000
16-18th century
903 - Akan breast-feeding maternity
Seated female figure, breast-feeding a child seated on her knees.
Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana
18th century
H. cm
Private collection (Belgium)
984 - Akan funerary female head
H. 14 cm
Drouot Auctions Room, Paris
Expert: Serge Reynès
16-17th century
Private collection (France)
1031 - Akan or Asante terracotta funerary head
Most Akan terracotta images were made by women. The people of most areas recognize these terracotta heads as portraits. Until recently, many ethnic groups in the southern parts of this area commemorated deceased family members and royals with terracotta figural sculpture. Heads such as these, often broken from full figures, or from vessels with figurative elements, all had funerary contexts.
H. 10.5 inches
19th century
www.forafricanart.com
1047 - Akan or Asante funerary head from Ghana
17th century
The Michael C. Rockfeller Memorial Collection
Purchase Nelson A.
Rockfeller Gift 1967
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (U.S.A.)
1051 - Akan or Asante memorial head from Ghana
Metropolitan Museum Art, New York (U.S.A.)
1061 - Akan or Ashante funerary head
Memorial Portrait Head
circa 1700s
Sculpture, Terra-cotta with traces of pigment
Height: 11"
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Purchase, The Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund, 88.42
Photographe©2006 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
www.vmfa.state.va.us
www.framemuseums.org
1064 - Akan male face
17-18th century
Cleveland Museum of Art (Ohio), U.S.A.
www.clevelandmuseumofart.org
1066 - Fanté female statue with twins children (Akan)
H. 46,4 cm x l. 19,7 cm x P. 22,9 cm
19th century
Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Seattle Art Museum (U.S.A.)
www.seattleartmuseum.org
1069 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 10.3/8 inches
19 or 20th century
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, New York (U.S.A.)
www.metmuseum.org
1071 - Akan funerary male Janus head
H. 10.5 inches
17th century
Ghana or Ivory Coast
www.remnantsofritual.com
1072 - Akan female head
18th century
Private collection (U.S.A)
cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/Bayly/Bayly1.html#Akan
1073 - Head lid of an Akan jar
Private collection (U.S.A)
cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/Bayly/Bayly1.html#Akan
1074 - Akan statue of a seated man
Estimated datation: 19th century
African Art Gallery
www.ethnographica.com
1078 - Akan male face
H. 28 cm
19th century
Private collection
1082 - Akan funerary female head
H. 33 cm x W. 19 cm x D. 17 cm
17-18th century
Guggenheim Museum, New York, U.S.A.
www.artnetweb.com/guggenheim/africa
1094 - Asante cup from Ghana
Diameter: 25.4 cm
Terracotta
19-20th century
Mr. et Mrs Milton F. Rosenthal Gift (1980)
www.metmuseum.org
2009 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 8 inches
20th century
Africa Direct
www.africadirect.com
2017 - Akan or Asante funerary heads
H. 17 to 21 cm
17-19th century
Private collection (Berlin, Germany)
www.neiriz.com
2025 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Private collection (France)
2026 - Akan or Asante funerary female head
Profile view, with the two opposite faces
19th-beginning of 20th century
www.african-concept.com
2027 - Akan or Asante funerary female head
Face view from one of the two faces of the same piece.
19th-beginning 20th century
www.african-concept.com
2029 - Akan or Asante female funerary head
H. 23 cm
18th century
Private collection
Photo: Walter
2030 - Akan or Asante female funerary head
H. 24 cm
18th century
Photo: Hinrichs
Ex-collection from Hans Wolf, Zürick (Switzerland)
2049 - Akan or Asante female funerary head
H. 38 cm
Belonging to the Dapper Museum Collection (Paris)
Photo: Hugues Dubois
www.africultures.com
2056 - Akan or Asante male funerary head
H. 19 cm x W. 11,5 cm x D. 11,5 cm
XVIe-XVIIIe siècles
Gotham Gallery Fine African Art, New York (U.S.A.)
2067 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 20 cm
Private collection (Switzerland)
Ex-collection from Hans, Wolf, Zürick
Photo: Hinrichs
2107 - Two terracotta Akan or Asante funerary heads
With ringed necks: one head with crested coiffure and remnants of greyish slip. Both heads are probably handles from a memorial receptacle.
H. 11 & 13 cm
18th century
Estimation: 150-200€
Neumeister Auctions Room, München (Germany), November 15 2007
www.neumeister.com
2108 - Akan or Asante funerary head
A very fine terracotta memorial head with whitish-grey slip, skin scarification marks on the temples, and with elaborate coiffure on rear ending in a tuft. Some damages. On stone base.
H. 20 cm
18th century
Probably from Hemang-Twifo
Estimation: 2,000-2,500€
Neumeister Auctions Room, München (Germany), November 15 2007
www.neumeister.com
2109 - Akan funerary female head
A very fine terracotta memorial head with beige-brown slip. The crescent coiffure with a central bunch of pig tails. Minor damage. On wooden base.
H. 18 cm
18th century
Probably from Hemang-Twifo
Estimation: 2000-3000€
2110 - Akan or Asante funerary head
A fine terracotta memorial head with grey slip and ringed neck. Minor chips. On wooden base.
H. 20 cm
18th century
Probably from Hemang-Twifo
Estimation: 700-900€
Neumeister Auctions Room, München (Germany), November 15 2007
www.neumeister.com
2118 - Akan or Asante female funerary head
H. 24 cm
17-18th century
Private collection
Photo: Hinrichs
2119 - Akan or Asante female funerary head
H. 23.5 cm
17-18th century
Private collection
Photo: Hinrichs
2120 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
19-20th century
Private collection
2121 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 34 cm
19-20th century
Private collection
2144 - Akan or Asante female funerary head
H. 31 cm
19th century
Private collection
Photo: Nohr
2150 - Akan or Asante female funerary head
H. 24 cm
19th century
Private collection
Photo: Autrun-Mulzer
2156 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 28 cm x L. 21 cm
17-18th century
Dapper Museum, Paris
2157 - Atié funerary crockery
H. 28 cm
17-18th century
Private collection
Photo: Hinrichs
Ex-collection: Hans Wolf, Zürich (Switzerland)
2161 - Akan or Asante female funerary head with buns
H. 34.5 cm
17-18th century
Private collection
Photo: Autrun-Mulzer
2169 - Akan funerary male head
H. 23 cm
19-Beginning 20th century
Photo: Hinrichs
Ex-collection Hans Wolf, Zürich
2221 - Asante head of a female statue
H. 28 cm
16-18th century
Private collection
2230 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 15 cm
18th century
Ivory Coast
2246 - Akan or Asante female funerary head
H. 27 cm
Ghana
18-19th century
2247 - Akan or Asante female funerary head
H. 38 cm
Ghana
End of the 18th century
2248 - Akan or Asante funerary female head
H. 30 cm
Ghana
17-18th century
2254 - Akan or Asante funerary male head with a hat
H. 38 cm
17th century
2257 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Ex-Collection Helena Rubinstein
Photo: G. Franceschi
2259 - Anyi funerary bust of a tam-tam player
H. 34 cm
Private collection
Photo: Dominique Darbois
2260 - Akan or Asante ritual or cultual crockery
Private collection
Photo U.D.F., la Photothèque
2261 - Akan or Asante ritual or cultual crockery (detail)
Private collection
Photo: U.D.F., la Photothèque
2285 - Akan or Asante funerary flat heads
H. 13 to 15 cm
Ghana University
End 16-End 18th century
2289 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Sammlung fur Volkenkunde, Zürich
Photo from the Museum
2295 - Akan or Asante funerary flat heads
Private collection (The Netherlands)
2312 - Asante funerary male statue
2388 - Akan funerary head
H. 24 cm
18-19th century
Barbier-Müller Museum, Geneva (Switzeland)
2427 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 22 cm
18-19th century
Private collection (Canada)
Photo: Hugues Dubois
2428 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Sanwi head
H. 23 cm
19-beginning 20 th
Private collection
Photo: Hugues Dubois
2429 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 23 cm
Private collection
Photo: Hugues Dubois
2430 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 32.5 cm
18-19th century
Ex-collection from Dr. Lheureux
Photo: Hugues Dubois
2431 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Sanwi head
H. 33 cm
Ex-collection of Helena Rubinstein
Photo: Hugues Dubois
2438 - Fante funerary standing male statue
H. 31 cm 19th-Beginning 20 th
The history of the Fante is tied to that of the Akan Kingdom, which rose to power during the 13thC as a result of the abundance of gold found in their homelands. Over the centuries, the most powerful faction of the Akan, the Asante, emerged as a result of their control over the trade routes for gold merchants. The Asante were brutal and demanding, and as a result, smaller groups of Akan began to splinter off, moving towards the coast and into parts of Cote d'Ivoire.
Private collection (Switzerland)
Photo: Hinrichs
2439 - Anyi memorial grave from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
2441 - Akan or Asante female funerary flat head
H. 8 inches
Similar our pieces ref. 206, 207 & 208 in Akan Public Gallery.
Purchased over 40 years ago from a prominent dealer in New York.
Private collection (U.S.A.)
2446 - Akan or Asante female funerary head
H. 29 cm
18-19th century
Ex-collection of Baudoin De Grunne
Dapper Museum Collection PAris
Photo: Hugues Dubois
2448 - Akan or Asante double funerary heads
H. 23 & 28 cm
Private collection (Switzerland)
2474 - Janus Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 30 cm
18-19th century
Private collection
Photo: Hinrichs
2476 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 21 cm
18-19th century
Private collection
Photo: Hinrichs
2517 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 19 cm x W. 11,5 cm x D. 11,5 cm
18-19th century
Gotham Gallery Fine African Art (U.S.A.)
2573 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
African terracotta head
Krinjabo
Ivory Coast
Ht. 9 inches
19th century
Paynter Coll., Dallas
$1,500.00 USD
Eklektos, Shango Galleries
jbuxton@arttrak.com
2588 - Akan or Asante head
H. 24,7 cm x W. 17,7 cm x D. 15,8 cm
End 18-beginning 20th century
Dation of Docteur Laff, Art Institute of Chicago (U.S.A.)
2603 - Kwahu head (Akan)
H. 7 inches
End 19-Beginning 20th century
Private collection (U.S.A.)
2607 - Asante or Akan male head
H. 15 cm
End 19th-Beginning 20th century
John Graham Fine Tribal Art (U.S.A.)
2619 - Akan or Asante funerary female head
H. 9 x L. 5,5 inches
20th century
Frank Friedman Collection (U.S.A.)
2621 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 28 cm
16th century
Ex-collection Helena Rubinstein
L. & M. Durand-Dessert Collection "Fragments du Vivant"
Photo: Hugues Dubois
2647 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
African Art from the Hampton University Art Museum (U.S.A.)
2670 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 15 cm
18-19th century
Price: 1200€
David Norden, Antwerpen (Belgium)
2673 - Akan or Asante maternity
H. 12 cm
End 19-Beginning 20th
Price: $ 1.500
Whisnant Galleries, New Orleans (U.S.A.)
www.whishnantgalleries.com
2674 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 17 cm
19-20th century
Ashbeys Galleries (G.B)
www.ashbeysgalleries.com
2675 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
20th century
Ashbey’s Galleries, London (G.B)
www.ashbeysgalleries.com
2676 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Ghana, Asante, Southern Akan terra cotta head, (repair at neck), H. 14 1/2 inches
Price: 100$
www.willishenry.com
2677 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Ghana, Asante, Southern Akan terra cotta head round
H. 13 1/2 inches
Price: 150 $
www.willishenry.com
2678 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Memorial Head, 17th century
Ghana: Akan, Twifo region, Hemang city
Terracotta, roots, quartz fragments
H. 7 31/32 in. (20.24 cm)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1967 (1978.412.563)
Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York
2680 - Fanté maternity with two children
Ghanaian Fante
Female Figure with Twins
Terracotta
18 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 9 in. (46.4 x 19.7 x 22.9 cm)
Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
www.seattleartmuseum.org
2716 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
19-20th century
Paul Tishman Collection (U.S.A.)
Photo: Claude Lockhart Clark
Earth Metropolis African Art (U.S.A.)
www.earthmetropolis.com
2717 - Akan or Asante pot
16-20th century
Paul Tishman Collection (U.S.A.)
Photo: Claude Lockhart Clark
Earth Metropolis African Art (U.S.A.)
www.earthmetropolis.com
2718 - Akan or Asante Janus funerary head
H. 10 inches
20-21th century
Private collection (U.S.A.)
2719 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 9 x L. 5 x P. 4 inches
20th century
Private collection (U.S.A.)
2720 - Akan or Asante funerary pot
19-20th century
Earth Metropolis African Art (U.S.A.)
www.earthmetropolis.com
2721 - Akan or Asante funerary pot
18-19th century
Smithsonian Collection (U.S.A.)
Dation of Emile Arnold
Earth Metropolis African Art (U.S.A.)
www.earthmetropolis.com
2722 - Akan or Asante funerary head
End 19th-Beginning 20th
Paul Tishman Collection (U.S.A.)
Photo: Claude Lockart Clark
Earth Metropolis African Art (U.S.A.)
www.earthmetropolis.com
2728 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 24,5 cm x L. 14,5 cm
Private collection (France)
2730 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 15.9 cm
16-18th century
Price: $ 5,000
Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills (U.S.A.)
www.artoftheancientworld.com
www.barakatgallery.com
2731 - Akan or Asante male head
H. 8.9 cm
1000 à 1800 A.D.
Price: $ 1,500
Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills (U.S.A.)www.artoftheancientworld.com
www.barakatgallery.com
2774 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 16 inches
19-20th century
Private collection (U.S.A.)
2775 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 28 inches
19-20th century
Private collection (U.S.A.)
2776 - Akan or Asante utilitarian pottery
Diameter: 9 inches
Datation: 20th century
Africa Direct
www.africadirect.com
2777 - Akan or Asante utilitarian pottery
Diameter: 13 cm
20th century
Africa Direct
www.africadirect.com
2778 - Akan or Asante funerary head
These terracottas (clay images of humans) are made by women as are all items made from clay. They are used as headstones or sentimental photos may be used in European societies. They are kept in ancestral stool rooms of lineages important enough to have them, or hidden away in the houses of lesser lineages. Two elements of Akan notions of beauty are exaggerated, rings around the neck, and high foreheads. In that way they resemble the wooden dolls used for fertility (made by men because they are carved).
www.scn.org/rdi/kw-anc.htm.
2784 - Asante or Fanté funerary male head
H. 6.25 inches
16-18th century
Price: $ 5,000
The Barakat Gallery (U.S.A.)
2933 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 32 cm
Brussels Auctions Room, June 5 2008
Pierre Bergé & Ass.
2980 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Private collection (France)
3097 - Asante bust of a young boy
H. 18 cm
3123 - Akan or Asante funerary head
African Art from the
Bayly Art Museum (U.S.A.)
cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/Bayly/Bayly1.html#Akan
3129 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
EXPOSITION: TERRES CUITES AFRICAINES-2000 ANS À TRAVERS LE CONTINENT
To be seen from July 5 to August 31 2008
Galerie "Afrique"
45, rue des Sarrazins
Ramatuelle, Var (France)
3225 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 27.5 cm
17th century
Private collection (Belgium)
Photo: H. Dubois
3226 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 25.5 cm
18th century
Private collection (Belgium)
3239 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 13,5 cm
Departement of Archeology, University of Ghana, Lagon
Photo: H. Dubois
3276 - Akan or Asante breast-feeding maternity
H. 29 cm
www.buyafricanantiquites.com
David Norden, Antwerp (Belgium)
3278 - Akan or Asante funerary female head
18th century
Bayly Art Museum (U.S.A.)
cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/Bayly/Bayly1.html#Akan
3279 - Akan or Asante funerary female head
Bayly Art Museum (U.S.A.)
cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/Bayly/Bayly1.html#Akan
3291 - Asante crockery
D. 15 inches x H. 5 inches
20th century
Private collection (U.S.A.)
3303 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
19-20th century
National Museum Art (U.S.A.)
3304 - Akan or Asante waterjug
XXth century
National Museum of African Art (U.S.A.)
3346 - Akan or Asante head
H. 25 cm
Private collection (France)
3347 - Akan or Asante head
H. 25 cm
Private collection (France)
3367 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 15 cm
Private collection
3390 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 28 cm
Museum voor land-en Volkenkunde, Rotterdam (Holland)
3391 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 30 cm
Collection M. and B. Kofle-Erni Riehen/Bâle (Switzerland)
3395 - Akan or Asante head
H. 6.5 cm x L. 11 cm
Giraudeau Auctions Room, Tours, France
Auctioneers: Maîtres B. Fraisse et B. Jabot
September 29 2008
3411 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 10 cm x L. 7.5 cm
1400-1600 A.D.
Giraudeau Auctions Room, Tours, France
Auctioneers: Maîtres B. Fraisse et B. Jabot
September 29 2008
3412 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 12 cm x L. 7.5 cm
1400-1600 A.D.
Giraudeau Auctions Room, Tours, France
Auctioneers: Maîtres B. Fraisse et B. Jabot
September 29 2008
3413 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 14 cm x L. 6 cm
1400-1600 A.D.
Giraudeau Auctions Room, Tours, France
Auctioneers: Maîtres B. Fraisse et B. Jabot
September 29 2008
3414 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 9 cm x L. 7.5 cm
1400-1600 A.D.
Giraudeau Auctions Room, Tours, France
Auctioneers: Maîtres B. Fraisse et B. Jabot
September 29 2008
3415 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 6,5 cm x L. 11 cm
1400-1600 A.D.
Giraudeau Auctions Room, Tours, France
Auctioneers: Maîtres B. Fraisse et B. Jabot
September 29 2008
3419 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 14.7 cm
Datation: 1.680 (+/- 60 years)
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3420 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 14.7 cm
Datation: 1.689 (+/- 60 years)
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3421 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 13.5 cm
Private collection (France)
3423 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 17 cm
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3424 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 17 cm
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3425 - Akan or Asante funerary flat head
H. 12 cm
Department of Archaeology, University of Ghana, Lagon
Photo: H. Dubois
3426 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 23 cm
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3427 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 20.8 cm
Private collection
Photo: H. Dubois
3428 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 27 cm
Private collection (France)
Photo: H. Dubois
3429 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 33 cm
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3430 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 18 cm
Datation: 1,784 years old (+/- 45 years)
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3431 - Akan or Asante funerary male head with a hat
H. 19 cm
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3432 - Akan or Asante funerary male statue
H. 33.5 cm
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3433 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 18 cm
Datation: 1,736 years old (+/- 30 years)
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3434 - Akan or Asante funerary female head
H. 22.4 cm
Datation: 1,096 years old (+/- 30 years)
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3435 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 25.3 cm
Datation: 1.791 years old (+/- 30 years)
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3436 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 18.6 cm
Datation: 1.784 years old (+/- 45 years)
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3437 - Akan or Asante funerary female head
H. 20 cm x L. 13.3 cm
Datation: 1,665 years old (+/- 35 years)
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3438 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 19 cm
Datation: 1,060 years old (+/- 65 years)
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3439 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 27 cm
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3440 - Akan or Asante funerary round male head
H. 27 cm
Ex-Baudoin de Grünne collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3441 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 14 cm
Department of Archaeology, University of Ghana, Lagon
Photo: H. Dubois
3442 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 10 cm
Department of Archaeology, University of Ghana, Lagon
Photo: H. Dubois
3443 - Akan or Asante funerary flat head
H. 14 cm
Department of Archaeology, University of Ghana, Lagon
Photo: H. Dubois
3444 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 17 cm x L. 13.3 cm
3450 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
3451 - Akan or Asante funerary female head
H. 20 cm
1,719 years old
Ex-collection Baudoin de Grünne, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3452 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 16 cm
1,616 years old
Ex-collection Baudoin de Grünne, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3453 - Akan funerary male statue
H. 24 cm
Ex-collection Baudoin de Grünne, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3454 - Akan funerary male head (aowin)
Ex-collection Baudoin de Grünne, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3455 - Akan funerary male head (aowin)
H. 25 cm
1,750 years old
Ex-collection Baudoin de Grünne, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3456 - Akan Fante statue
3457 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 23 cm
1,610 years old
Ex-collection Baudoin de Grünne, Musée Dapper, Paris
Photo: H. Dubois
3515 - Akan or Asante breast-feeding maternity with a child
Private collection (U.S.A.)
www.buyafricanantiques.com
3522 - Akan terracotta head
North of Ghana
H. 11 inches x L. 5.9 inches x D. 5.9 inches
Weight: 2kg
www.ambagalleryghana.com
3526 - Akan black clay head
Hampton University Art Museum
Religion
Private collection (U.S.A.)
cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/Hampton/Hampton.html
3532 - Anyi funerary head
Hampton University Art Museum
Religion
Private collection (U.S.A.)cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/Hampton/Hampton.html
3541 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Metropolitan Museum, New York
3542 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Metropolitan Museum, New York
3543 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Metropolitan Museum, New York
3544 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Metropolitan Museum, New York
3583 - Akan or Asante funerary flat head
Large Akan Head — Ghana
17th-18th century
Large convex disc shaped ancestoral head in buff terracotta. Broken at the neck with other small chips missing from around the ears otherwise choice. Rare type and unusually large. Seldom seen. Nice example with deposits from burial.
Ex. Frank Friedman Collection - Ex. Arte Primitivo
13" tall x 9" across
3584 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan Ancestoral Bust, Ghana
20th century
Fine Akan terracotta ancestral head. These well executed heads served as stylized funerary portraits and memorials for the Akan peoples of Ghana. In excellent condition with only minor chips missing from the ears. Reddish clay with some darker areas known as "fire clouding", a result of uneven temperatures in the wood-fired kilns. Displays beautifully.
9" tall x 5.5" across
www.ancientartifax.com/african.htm
3593 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
19 th century
Pascal's private collection (France)
3603 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Detail from the same statue...
H. 45 cm x L. 15 vm
End 19-Beginning 20th century
Pascal's private collection, France
3604 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 16 cm
17-18th century
Pascal's private collection (France)
3657 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 11 cm x L. 8 cm
18-19th century
Drouot Auctions Room, Paris, March 10 2009
Auctioneers: Maîtres Desbenoit, Fierfort & associés
3690 - Akan or Asante funerary head
End 19th- Beginning 20th century
www.african-concept.com (France)
3730 - Akan or Asante funerary head
16-18th century
www.arts-primitifs.com
Dr V. Schneider Zeutern (Germany)
3754 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 14.5 cm x L. 9.5 cm
16-17th century
3755 - Akan or Asante funerary pot
African Ceramics (U.S.A.)
3761 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 9 inches x Diam. 5.5 inches
20th century
Ancient Artifax Galleries (U.S.A.)
3762 - Akan or Asante funerary flat head
H. 13 inches x D. 9 inches
17-18th century
Ancient Artifax Galleries (U.S.A.)
3774 - Akan or Asante crockery
H. 27.5 cm x Diam. 20.4 cm
National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution (U.S.A.)
3782 - Akan or Asante funerary male head
H. 19 cm x W. 11.5 cm x D. 11.5 cm
16-18th century
Gotham Gallery Fine African Art (U.S.A.)
3783 - Akan or Asante funerary crockery
H. 11.5 cm x W. 12.5 cm x D. 12.5 cm
16-18th century
Gotham Gallery Fine African Art (U.S.A.)
3789 - Akan or Asante crockery
H. 25.4 cm x Diam. 21 cm
Midst 20th century
National Museum of African Art
Smithonian Institution (U.S.A.)
3791 - Akan or Asante funerary crockery
Diam. 25.4 cm
Donation Mr & Mrs Milton F. Rosenthal (1980)
Hellbrunn Timeline of Art History (U.S.A.)
3792 - Akan or Asante utilitarian crockery
Diam. 4.5 inches
20th century
Africa Direct (U.S.A.)
3793 - Akan or Asante bowl or pot
Diam. 12 inches
20th century
Africa Direct (U.S.A.)
3794 - Akan or Asante utilitarian crockery
H. 4 inches x Diam. 8 inches
Africa Direct (U.S.A.)
3796 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 8.5 inches
20th century
Africa Direct (U.S.A.)
www.africadirect.com
3797 - Anyi funerary portrait head
Culture: Akan
Medium: Terracotta
Place Made: Ahinsan, Adanse, Ghana
Dates: 18th century
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (31.0 x 29.3 cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Gift of Marcia and John Friede
Brooklyn Museum
www.brooklynmuseum.org
3798 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Commemorative terracotta figures were created in Africa by the Akan people in southern Ghana and the eastern Ivory Coast to honour deceased chiefs and other important elders. The sculptures were typically positioned in a sacred grove close to the cemetery, where rituals would be performed with offerings of food and prayers. It was believed that the spirits of the dead lived on in the sculptures, which are also known as mma.
3799 - Akan or Asante funerary head
19-20th century
Penn State Live
The University Official News Source (U.S.A.)
3805 - Anyi funerary bust
In Africa, clay is a material largely associated with female artists, so it is likely that a woman made this sculpture. The figure shows the ideal qualities of a ruler – a long neck with prominent grooves and well balanced features.
Memorial head, Gold Coast, Ghana, 1890-1920
Private collection (U.S.A.)
cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/Bayly/Bayly1.html#Akan
3806 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Private collection (U.S.A.)cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/Bayly/Bayly1.html#Akan
3807 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Terracotta funerary head akan tribe, Ghana
H. 6"
$415.00
Private collection (U.S.A.)
www.eliteartofafrica.com
3808 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Diam. 15 cm
19-20th century
Price: 1600€
Ex private collection (The Netherlands)
www.buyafricanantiques.com (U.S.A.)
3809 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Depicting human head with high neck, various coiffure braids, incised markings at the back of the head, with wood base. 18-19th century, Ghana
Estimate $600 - 800
8 1/2 in. x 5 in. x 5 in.
Property of a Private Collector, Atlanta, GA
www.auction.igavel.com
3810 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 22 cm
18-19th century
Private collection, Atlanta (U.S.A.)
www.auction.igavel.com
3871 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 19 cm
18th century
Zemanek, Münster Auktions House (Germany)
www.tribal-art-auction.de
3912 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
3928 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 40 cm
Afrikanisch Kunst, Düsseldorf (Germany)
www.afrikana.de
4035 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 18 cm
Private collection (France)
4079 - Akan or Asante crockery
D. 12 inches
20th century
Africa Direct (Belgium)
4080 - Akan or Asante crockery
D. 12 inches
20th century
Africa Direct (Belgique)
4081 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 8.5 inches
20th century
Africa Direct (Belgique)
4082 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 20 cm
20th century
Africa Direct (Belgium)
4131 - Akan or Asante funerary anthropomorphic head
H. 27 cm
18-19th century
Private collection (France)
4132 - Akan or Asante crockery
H. 4 inches x D. 8 inches
20th century
Africa Direct (Belgium)
4133 - Akan or Asante funerary anthropomorphic head
H. 27 cm
18-19th century
Private collection (France)
4134 - Akan or Asante anthropomorphic funerary head (side view)
H. 27 cm
18-19th century
Private collection (France)
4138 - Akan or Asante funerary flat head
H. 39 cm x W. 28 cm
4179 - Akan or Asante maternity
H. 33 cm
Private collection, Pascal (France)
4180 - Akan or Asante maternity
H. 33 cm
Private collection, Pascal (France)
4181 - Akan or Asante anthropomorphic funerary head
H. 8 inches x L. 6 inches x D. 3 inches
Ambagallery Ghana Africa Art (Ghana)
4182 - Akan or Asante anthropomorphic funerary head
H. 5 inches x L. 3 inches x D. 3,1 inches
Ambagallery Ghana African Art (Ghana)
4183 - Akan or Asante anthropomorphic funerary head
H. 15 cm
John Graham Fine African Art (U.S.A.)
4188 - Akan or asante anthropomorphic funerary head
H. 18 inches x L. 8,6 inches x D. 7,5 inches
Ambagallery Ghana African Art (Ghana)
4195 - Akan or Asante breast-feeding maternity with a child
H. 29 cm
David Norden Collection (Belgium)
www.buyafricanantiques.com
4205 - Akan or Asante breast-feeding maternity with a child
H. 29 cm
David Norden Collection (Belgium)
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4207 - Akan or Asante Hollow Funeral Clay Figure
H. 10 inches x W. 5.5 inches
Chips in places, some modeling flaws.
An interesting ceramic piece depicting a hollow female bust with an oval head. The neck is beautifully ringed. The facial features as well as the hole to the back are similar to those of the Akan clay head, Nsodia. Numerous clay objects have come to light from the great Inland Delta Cultures of the Niger River and Benue River confluence and from Mali and Burkina Faso in West Africa. www.africadirect.com (U.S.A.)
4213 - Fante Clay Vessel For Medicines from Ghana
H. 9.5 inches x D. 5 inches. Chips and missing parts on bowl and around base, shallow crack on the surface. This pottery vessel has a cylindrical handle in the middle decorated with goemetric incised motifs. This pot was unlikely excavated or dug up from an old site or grave based on the residue of sable and some oxidation on the surface. It was probably a shrine piece and was used in ritual to support or hold medicines or other magical elements. In stable condition besides several chips. www.africadirect.com
4220 - Akan or Asante funerary male figure
H. 11.5 inches x 5 inches
Chips in places, some modeling flaws. An interesting ceramic piece depicting a standing human figure with an oval head. The neck is beautifully ringed. The facial features as well as the hole to the back are similar to those of the Akan clay head, Nsodia. Numerous clay objects have come to light from the great ‘Inland Delta Cultures’ of the Niger River and Benue River confluence and from Mali and Burkina Faso in West Africa. www.africadirect.com (U.S.A.)
4247 - Akan or Asante funerary head
18th century
Most of pieces have spent decades on at least two continents, and have been treasured by several owners. Small splits, scrapes and cracks are a normal part of their patina attesting to their age and extensive use.
4248 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 22 cm
Private collection (France)
4249 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Front view
4250 - Anyi memorial head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Side view of a funeral head
H. 33 cm
End 19th-Beginning 20th
Private collection (France)
4251 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Front view
4252 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Side view
H. 31 cm
End 19th-Beginning 20th
Private collection (France)
4253 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Front view
4254 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Side view
H. 32 cm
End 19th-Beginning 20th
Private collection (France)
4257 - Akan or Asante funeral clay figure
H. 11 inches x 5 inches
Chips in places, some modeling flaws. This figure with its human form, and the hole to the back could have been used as an altar or a funeral terracotta figure. Such figures well known as funerary sculpture or as burial markers and memorials were placed on the graves of important person including chiefs, warriors, renowned hunters and social elite.
www.africadirect.com
4261 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
These recognized ancestors were said to be the 'children of the god's' who have gone to live with those who left before. In some regions graves were surrounded by small rounded walls made out of mud for families and stone for prominent men.
Bordeaux Auctions Room, September 29 2009
Auctioneer: Maître Yann Baratoux
4270 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Mma memorial head, Ghana
4271 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Memorial mma head, Ghana
Private collection
4272 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Mma memorial clay head, Ghana
Private collection
4273 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan Memorial Janus funerary sculpture, from Twifo-Hemang kingdom, Ghana ("mma" or memorial head)
4274 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture, from Aowin kingdom, Ghana
mma or memorial head)
18th century
4275 - Akan or Asante funerary head
4276 - Akan or Asante funerary male head (side view)
Akan funerary sculpture, from Fomena, Adanse kingdom, Ghana ("mma" or memorial head) obarima (male)
4277 - Akan or Asante funerary head (front view)
Akan funerary sculpture, from Fomena, Adanse kingdom, Ghana ("mma" or memorial head) obarima (male)
4278 - Akan or Asante funerary female head (side view)
Akan funerary sculpture, from Fomena, Adanse kingdom, Ghana ("mma" or memorial head) oba (female)
4279 - Akan or Asante funerary female head (front view)
Akan funerary sculpture, from Fomena, Adanse kingdom, Ghana ("mma" or memorial head) oba female
4280 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture, from Twifo-Hemang kingdom, Ghana ("mma" or memorial head)
17th century
4281 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture from Mimeneoafo
Twifo kingdom, Ghana ("mma" or memorial head)
17th century
4282 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture, from Twifo kingdom, Ghana ("mma" or memorial head) 1625
4283 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture, from Aowin kingdom, Ghana ("mma" or memorial head) 18th century
4284 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture, from Aowin kingdom, Ghana ("mma" or memorial head) 18th cent
4285 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture, Ghana ("mma" or memorial head)
4286 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture, Ghana (memorial head)
19th century
4287 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture, from Jema, Aowin kingdom, Ghana
mma or memorial head
4288 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture from Mimeneoafo, Twifo kingdom, Ghana
17th century
4289 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture from Mimeneoafo, Twifo kingdom, Ghana
17th century
4290 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan funerary sculpture, from Aowin kingdom, Ghana
mma or memorial head
18th century
4293 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 10.8 cm
16-18th century
The Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, California (U.S.A.)
4294 - Akan or Asante funerary anthropomorphic head
Barbier-Müller Collection
4295 - Akan bust on a sacrificial terracotta pottery
Akan Abusua ritual vase
4296 - Akan or Asante funerary crockery
Akan Abusua Kurawa vase
4297 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan Ahinsan Adanse head
4298 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Momena Adanse head
4299 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Fomena Adanse head
4300 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Aowin head
4301 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Aowin head
4302 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Hemang twifo head
4303 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Hemang Twifo head
4304 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
4305 - Anyi memorial funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
Private collection
4306 - Kwahu on chair with a funerary terracotta head
Kwahu head on a Kwahu chair...
4307 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Kwahu head
4308 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Funerary doll
4310 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Funerary heads were created by the Agni, members of the Ivory Coast 's Akan civilization, in memory of a family member. The special attention a sculptor devoted to capturing specific attributes of the dead person is most evident in the figures' hairstyles or scarifications, which could be exactingly realistic or stylized.
4311 - Akan Terracotta Funerary Head
Corbis Collection
Seattle Museum
© Seattle Art Museum/Corbis
4312 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 15.9 cm
16-19th century
Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, California (U.S.A.)
4314 - Akan or Asante funerary anthropomorphic head
This Anyi head was originally attached to the cylindrical body of a figure called a Mma. The figure represents a royal ancestor and is shown with the composed facial expression expected of Akan nobles. The figures are stylized portraits of individuals with differences such as personal hairstyles and scarification patterns. Sud-Comoé Region, Ivory Coast 18th-19th century H. 6 1/8 inches Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Abbot Lippman Brooklyn Museum, NY
4323 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Barakat Gallery, Beverley Hills, California (U.S.A.)
www.barakatgallery.com
4332 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Heads that were created for people of distinction or power would be paraded around public meeting places. On the outskirts of towns, groups of Mma figures were arranged in cemeteries, where they received offerings and invocations for the dead.
H. 7.5 inches
Gift of Ralph and Virginia Neely
4333 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 8 inches
Gift of Ralph and Virginia Neely
4355 - Akan or Asante head
H. 21 cm
Private collection Pascal, France
4356 - Akan dignitary seated on his thron (detail)
Private collection, Pascal (France)
4357 - Akan dignitary seated on his thron
H. 50 cm
Private collection, Pascal (France)
4358 - Akan dignitary seated on his thron (detail)
Private collection, Pascal (France)
4359 - Akan dignitary seated on his thron (detail)
Private collection, Pascal (France)
4360 - Akan dignitary seated on his thron (detail)
Private collection, Pascal (France)
4381 - Akan or Asante funerary head
These terracotta heads known as "nsodia" were placed in forest groves considered sacred. As stylized portraits, they represented the individual by the traits identified with them during their lifetime. For example, the normally reddish-brown color of the clay might have red or white lines added to the forehead to represent the individual's relationship to the mother's family.
H. 16.5 cm
Private collection (Belgium)
4382 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 16.5 cm
Private collection (Belgium)
4391 - Akan or Asante funerary terracotta head
H. 17.5 cm
Private collection (France)
4392 - Akan or Asante funerary head
4393 - Akan or Asante funerary head
4394 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 17.5 cm
Private collection (France)
4395 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 17.5 cm
Private collection (France)
4404 - Akan or Asante funerary flat head
H. 18.5 cm x W. 15 cm
19th century
Giraudeau Auctions Room, Tours (France) January 18 2010
Auctioneers: Maîtres Jabot & Fraisse
4405 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 13.5 cm x W. 8.5 cm
19th century
Giraudeau Auctions Room, Tours (France) January 18 2010
Auctioneers: Maîtres Jabot & Fraisse
4425 - Akan or Asante funeral head
19th century
The Akan speaking women of Ghana made these fine terracotta sculptures as funery heads to honor royalty and important women and men.
4426 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Varying widely in size and style, these sculptures combined individualized features with idealized traits, presenting the deceased as unique people who embodied valued principles of beauty and leadership.
4427 - Akan or Asante funerary head
These were considered a gift to the deceased. Elegantly sculpted and in excellent condition. Displayed on a wooden base.
Price: $3,690
H. 14 in. x D. 7 in. x W. 50 ft. 5 in.
Photography provided by dos gallos
dgallos@pacbell.net
www.dosgallos.com
Private collection, Los Angeles (U.S.A.)
4428 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Price: $3,690
H. 14 in. x D. 7 in. x W. 50 ft. 5 in.
Photography provided by dos gallos
dgallos@pacbell.net
www.dosgallos.com
Private collection, Los Angeles (U.S.A.)
4429 - Akan or Asante funerary head
19th century
Price: $3,960
H. 13 in. x D. 6 in. x W. 7.25 in.
Photography provided by dos gallos
dgallos@pacbell.net
www.dosgallos.com
Private collection, Los Angeles (U.S.A.)
4430 - Akan or Asante funerary head
19th century
Price: $3,960
H. 13 in. x D. 6 in. x W. 7.25 in.
Photography provided by dos gallos
dgallos@pacbell.net
www.dosgallos.com
Private collection, Los Angeles (U.S.A.)
4431 - Akan or Asante funerary head
19th century
Price: $3,960
H. 13 in. x D. 6 in. x W. 7.25 in.
Photography provided by dos gallos
dgallos@pacbell.net
www.dosgallos.com
Private collection, Los Angeles (U.S.A.)
4432 - Akan or Asante funerary head
19th century
Price: $3,960
H. 14 in. x D. 5 in. x W. 6.25 in.
Photography provided by dos gallos
dgallos@pacbell.net
www.dosgallos.com
4433 - Akan or Asante funerary head
19th century
Price: $3,960
H. 14 in. x D. 5 in. x W. 6.25 in.
Photography provided by dos gallos
dgallos@pacbell.net
www.dosgallos.com
4434 - Akan or Asante funerary head
19th century
Price: $3,960
H. 14 in. x D. 5 in. x W. 6.25 in.
Photography provided by dos gallos
dgallos@pacbell.net
www.dosgallos.com
Private collection, Los Angeles (U.S.A.)
4441 - Akan or Asante funerary head
These heads have been dated archaeologically to the 1600's and the tradition continued to the end of the 1900's. Some are still being made today, though in limited numbers.
H. 29,8 cm
Musée Barbier-Müller, Geneva
4453 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Origin: Ahinsan, Ghana
Circa: 17 th Century AD to 19 th Century AD
Dimensions: 10" (25.4cm) high x 6.375" (16.2cm) wide
Barakat Gallery, Abu Dhabi, Emirates Palace
www.barakatgalleryuae.com
4466 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Origin: Ahinsan, Ghana
Circa: 17 th Century AD to 19 th Century AD
Dimensions: 10" (25.4cm) high x 6.375" (16.2cm) wide
Barakat Gallery, Abu Dhabi, Emirates Palace
www.barakatgalleryuae.com
4467 - Akan or Asante Janus funerary head
There is a hole in the middle of the head from Ghana. In general, Akan terracotta objects are dedicated to the memory of ancestors. Thus, terracotta (baked clay) heads served as funerary portraits and memorials for the Akan peoples of Ghana and for the Agni and Krinjabo people who are coastal Akan in Cote d'Ivoire. Probably mid 20th Century or early H. 9.5 inches x W. 7 inches
www.africadirect.com (U.S.A.)
4468 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Certain court duties were represented by specific hairstyles, with ornaments included in the hair. For example, priests had their hair cut in patterns, and gold traders would have one long pigtail at the side of the head to which a gold nugget would be attached. Queen mothers would have gold cups "screwed" onto tufts of their hair.
19th century
4469 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 3.5 inches x W. 2.5 inches
Crack to the top and back
These terracotta heads known as "nsodia" were placed in forest groves considered sacred. As stylized portraits, they represented the individual by the traits identified with them during their lifetime. For example, the normally reddish-brown color of the clay might have red or white lines added to the forehead to represent the individual's relationship to the mother's family.
4531 - Akan or Asante funerary anthropomorphic head
A human head made out of baked clay from Ghana. In general, Akan terracotta objects are dedicated to the memory of ancestors. Thus, terracotta heads served as funerary portraits and memorials for the Akan peoples of Ghana and for the Agni and Krinjabo people who are coastal Akan in Cote d'Ivoire.
H. 3.5 x L. 2.5 inches
Midst 20th century
www.africadirect.com (U.S.A.)
4582 - Atie crockery
H. 26 cm x D. 33 cm
Midst 20th century
france.dufour@galerie.kareem.com
Kareem
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (France)
4583 - Akan or Asante pot
Galerie Maine-Durieu, Paris
Photo: B. Cavanach
4600 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Terracotta head, Nsodia from Ghana, Adanse Fomena region
Second half 20th C. H. 8.5 inches Baked clay heads served as funerary portraits and memorials for the Akan peoples of Ghana and for the Agni and Krinjabo people who are coastal Akan in Cote d'Ivoire. These terracotta heads known as "nsodia" were placed in forest groves considered sacred. As stylized portraits, they represented the individual by the traits identified with them during their lifetime.
4612 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Private collection (France)
4613 - Asante terracotta pipe
4614 - Asante terracotta pipe
4615 - Asante terracotta pipes
4616 - Asante terracotta pipe
4617 - Asante terracotta pipe
4630 - Akan or Asante maternity
Auvers-sur-Oise Auctions-Room, France, April 11 2010
Auctioneer: Maître Le Calvez & Associés
4631 - Akan or Asante funerary head
18th century
Thermo test: 1719-1815 AD
H. 18 x W. 9 inches
Sujaro Gallery of African Arts, San Francisco CA (U.S.A.)
info@sujaro.com
4665 - Ashanti terracotta pipe
17-18th century
Gold Coast, Africa
www.bonanzle.com/booths/Hugh/items/17_18th_Century_Ashanti_Terracotta_Pipe__Gold_Coast__Africa
4681 - Akan terracotta funerary head
H. 24.5 cm x L. 14.5 cm
Private collection (France)
4736 - Akan terracotta funerary head
H. 24.5 cm x L. 14.5 cm
Private collection (France)
4757 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 18 cm
4760 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 10.5 cm
4765 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 24 cm
20th century
Barbier-Müller collection, Geneva (Switzerland)
4779 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 15.5 cm
Rive Gauche Auctions-Sales Room, Paris April 13 2010
www.auction.fr
4801 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Ex-Frank Friedman Collection-Ex Arte Primitivo
H. 12 inches x L. 10 inches
17-18th century
Ancient Artifax Galleries (U.S.A.)
4847 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Terra cotta head side with flower and chignon
Private collection (U.S.A.)
4848 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 18 cm
Private collection (U.S.A.)
4849 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 18 cm
Private collection (U.S.A.)
5005 - Akan or Asante funerary heads
From one of our friend collector, member of memoire d'afrique.
Private collection (France)
5045 - Some Akan pieces from a memoire's friend
Terracotta funeral heads still reminding us the spirit of dead people
daily thron in the clay collection of a passionnate French collector, friend and member of memoire d'afrique.
Private collection (France)
5099 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 11 cm x W. 7.5 cm
15-17th century
Auctions-Sales, Paris 8 June 2010
Auctioneers: Alain Castor & Laurent Hara
5110 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 37 cm x D. 2 cm
Private collection, Pascal (France)
5111 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 37 cm x D. 2 cm
Private collection, Pascal (France)
5112 - Sanwi Anyi memorial head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 19 cm
18-19th century
Private collection, Pascal (France)
5123 - Sanwi Anyi memorial head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 19 cm
18-19th century
Private collection, Pascal (France)
5210 - Anyi funerary head from the Kingdom of Krinjabo
H. 17 cm
Private collection
5211 - Akan or Asante funerary pieces
Private collection
5214 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Private collection
5239 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Datation: about 100 years
H. 4,5 cm x L. 2.5 cm x P. 2.5 cm
Ethnix Tribal and African Arts (U.S.A.)
5295 - Akan or Asante funerary head
17-18th century
H. 10 x L. 6,375 inches
Barakat Gallery, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.)
5296 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 15 cm
Private collection (Holland)
5297 - Akan or Asante funerary head
16-18th century
H. 13,75 x L. 8 inches
Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills (U.S.A.)
5298 - Akan or Asante funerary head
18th century11,5*
H. 11,5 x L. 9,5 inches
Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills (U.S.A.)
5331 - Akan or Asante pottery
19-20th century
National Museum of African Art (U.S.A.)
5397 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Ghana
H. 14.5 cm x W. 11.1 cm
19th century
Private collection (France)
5401 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 14.5 cm x W. 11.1 cm
19th century
Private collection (France)
5402 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 14.5 cm x W. 11.1 cm
Private collection (France)
5417 - Akan or Asante funerary anthropomorphic statue
H. 4.25 inches x D. 2.5 inches
Private collection (U.S.A.)
5418 - Akan or Asante funerary anthropomorphic statue
H. 4.25 inches x D. 2.5 inches
Private collection (U.S.A.)
5420 - Asante terracotta flat head
H. 7 cm
Private collection (Canada)
5434 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 12 cm
Private collection (Canada)
5436 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Abron head
H. 16 cm
Private collection (Canada)
5438 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Asante head from Kwahu style
H. 15 cm
Private collection (Canada)
5445 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 19 cm
Private collection (Canada)
5446 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 19 cm
Private collection (Canada)
5447 - Asante terra cotta piece
H. 13 cm
Private collection (Canada)
5475 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Private collection (Canada)
5476 - Funerary head
Private collection (Canada)
5479 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Akan memorial heads have a history dating to before the 16th century. They are generalized portraits of an deceased notable, here a woman with a partially shaven head and elaborate asymmetrical coiffure. Such heads were placed in variety of locations although never at the grave site: in sacred groves or indoor shrines where they were the focus of libations and ritual sacrifice. The snail shaped knobs on the head represent gold hair ornaments worn by royalty.
H. 9.5"
www.amyas.net (U.S.A.)
5480 - Akan or Asante funerary jar
H. 5.5 inches
Private collection
5481 - Akan or Asante funerary jar
H. 5.5 inches
Private collection
5500 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. +/- 15 cm
Ashanti terracota head with glass beads and some blue and white pigments.
Private collection (The Netherlands)
David Norden African Art Club
www.buyafricanantiques.com (Belgium)
5501 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. +/- 15 cm
Ashanti terracota head with glass beads and some blue and white pigments.
Private collection (The Netherlands)
David Norden African Art Club
www.buyafricanantiques.com (Belgium)
5511 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 19 cm
Private collection (Canada)
5512 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 19 cm
Private collection (Canada)
5536 - Akan or Asante funerary decorative female bust
Private collection (Great-Britain)
5537 - Akan or Asante funerary decorative female bust
Private collection (Great-Britain)
5538 - Akan or Asante funerary decorative female bust
Private collection (Great-Britain)
5539 - Akan or Asante funerary decorative female bust
Private collection (Great-Britain)
5555 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 7 inches
18-19th century
A similar and perhaps more sophisticated head that the ones exhibited in this Akan gallery...
Private collection (U.S.A.)
5556 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 7 inches
18-19th century
Private collection (U.S.A.)
5568 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 7 inches
18-19th century
Private collection (U.S.A.)
5569 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 12 cm
Collection particulière, Pascal (France)
5575 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 8 cm
Private collection, Pascal (France)
5576 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 8 cm
Private collection, Pascal (France)
5577 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 7.5 cm
Private collection, Pascal (France)
5633 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 15 cm
Collection particulière, Pascal (France)
5721 - Asante or Akan funerary head
H. 17 cm
Private collection (France)
5722 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 17 cm
Private collection (France)
5723 - Akan or Asante funerary anthropomorphic head
H. 17 cm
Private collection (France)
5724 - Anyi funerary anthropomorphic head
H. 22 cm
Midst 20th century
Private collection (France)
5725 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 16.5 cm
Private collection (Belgium)
5752 - Akan or Asante funerary head
Southern Ghana
16-18th century
H. 13.75" (34.9 cm) x W. 8" (20.3 cm)
Barakat Gallery, Beverley Hills, CA (U.S.A.)
5753 - Akan or Asante funerary flat anthropomorphic head
Private collection (France)
5758 - Akan or Asante funerary flat anthropomorphic head
Private collection (France)
5818 - Akan funerary head
Kumasi head from Ghana
www.leiber.es/africano/afric27.htm
Private collection (Spain)
5887 - Akan or Asante funerary head
H. 22 cm