Head

Akan group, Kwahu sub-group, Ghana, African

19th century

Titles Head (Descriptive)
Medium fired clay, slip
Credit Line Anonymous gift, 1989.261
Object Name head
Classification Sculpture

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Jar with cover, both covered entirely with clay "spikes."

Figurative Vessel, Igbo people, Anambra State, Nigeria, African, fired clay and encrustation

One of four staffs used to deliniate an area around a royal when he appears in public. Decorated with kneeling female figures with hands on breasts, alternated with knelling male drummers, at top birds and a python, below figures are quadrupeds, possibly goats, symbols of wealth.

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