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Nsodie (Funerary Memorial Head)

Made By Akan Cultural Group
CultureAkan
Date1775-1825
Mediumterracotta
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Classification(s)
  • AFRICAN
Credit LineGift of Herbert M. Cole, Class of 1957, in memory of S. Lane Faison, Jr., Class of 1929
Terms
  • soul
  • head
  • female
  • symbols
  • funerary object
Object numberM.2007.12
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Exhibitions
Nsodie (Funerary Memorial Head)
Nsodie (Funerary Memorial Head)
Akan Cultural Group
20th century
Gold weight in the form of a man with walking stick and head load
Gold weight in the form of a man with walking stick and head load
Akan Cultural Group
19th century
Gold weight in the form of a head
Gold weight in the form of a head
Akan Cultural Group
Gold weight in form of a square with design
Gold weight in form of a square with design
Akan Cultural Group
ca. 20th century