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)
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Culture
Title
Funerary Portrait Head
Date
late 19th or early 20th century
Geography
Place made: Ghana
Medium
Buffware, reduced-fired, encrustation, wood
Classification
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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