H x W x D: 29.2 x 14 x 11.4 cm (11 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Type:
Sculpture
Geography:
Ghana
Description:
Low fire unglazed ceramic head, disk form on cylindrical neck and base. Coffee bean eyes, knob projecting from top of head, overall dot pattern impressed into forehead, cross in cylinder scarification on cheeks. Neck broken and repaired.
Provenance:
African trader, Liberia, -- to 1965-1967
Robert and Nancy Nooter, Washington, DC, 1965-1967 to 1970
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