Head

Akan group, Ghana, African

19th or early 20th century

  • Titles Head (Descriptive)
  • Medium fired clay and slip
  • Dimensions 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 7 in. (31.1 x 19.7 x 17.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Dick Jemison Collection of African Pottery, AFI.154.2012
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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