Mma, Funerary Portrait Head
Unidentified Akan or Anyi maker
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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