Mma, Funerary Portrait Head

Unidentified Akan or Anyi maker

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19th century

Terracotta and eggshell

Overall: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

990.53.27137

Geography

Place Made: Ghana, Western Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Personal Symbol

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Exhibition History

Art That Lives? Exploring Figural Art from Africa, Allvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 25, 2009-July 2010.

Provenance

Harry A. Franklin, about 1950; to Valerie Franklin (daughter), 1983; given to present collection, 1990.

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