Funerary Portrait Head

Akan

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Caption

Akan. Funerary Portrait Head, late 19th or early 20th century. Buffware, reduced-fired, encrustation, wood, height: 6 3/8 in. (16.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, 68.10.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Akan

Title

Funerary Portrait Head

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Ghana

Medium

Buffware, reduced-fired, encrustation, wood

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

height: 6 3/8 in. (16.3 cm)

Credit Line

Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund

Accession Number

68.10.1

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