File:Clevelandart 1990.22.jpg
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Summary
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| Title |
Head |
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| Description |
Before they died, Akan royal family members commissioned terracotta portraits, including heads like this one, from female artists. After royal burials, these idealized substitutes were placed in sacred groves outside the village where they were the focus of periodic libations, offerings, and prayers. The knobs on the head imitate a once popular male hairstyle having a tufted pattern. |
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| Date | 1675 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Terracotta | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 19.1 x 13.6 x 15.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
African Art |
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1990.22 |
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| Place of creation | Guinea Coast, Ghana, Akan, late 17th-early 18th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 06:47, 22 January 2019 | | 2,550 × 3,400 (4.97 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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