Touchstone

Akan group, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, African

18th-19th century

  • Titles Touchstone (Descriptive)
  • Medium stone
  • Dimensions Overall: 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (0.6 x 3.5 cm) Overall1: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Ellen and Fred Elsas, 1986.775.2
  • Work Type touchstone
  • Classification Materials

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Brown, ovoid vessel has flat bottom, everted rim, and four strap handles. Body of vessel covered with overall incised geometric pattern and parallel vertical rows of raised bumps.
Barbed hook
Mask/headdress composed of male face with beard and pierced eyes, topped by head-ware which includes sculpted drum resting on framework, held in place by sculpted fabric tie.
Hide shield attached by leather strips to oval wooden frame; vertical wooden handle on back; patterns in blue, white, black, ochre, red pigments.