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A BLACK TERRACOTTA MEMORIAL HEAD, NKUA, AKAN PEOPLE, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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A BLACK TERRACOTTA MEMORIAL HEAD, NKUA, AKAN PEOPLE, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURYThis lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reservePublished:1. Kristian Fenzl and Armand Duchateau, Afrika-Kopfskulpturen, 1998, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, p. 61.2. Stefan Eisenhofer and Karin Guggeis, Afrikanische Kunst, 2002, Deutscher Kunstverlag, p. 59, no. 29.3. Galerie Walu, Ghana, Akan, Komaland, 2003, p. 8.Exhibited: Kunsthalle Krems, Afrika-Kopfskulpturen, Krems an der Donau, 26 July 1998 - 18 October 1998.Scientific Analysis Report: An old TL test, dating from 11 August 1995, sets the firing date to ca. 120 years ago, consistent with the dating above. A copy accompanies this lot.Ghana. Of flattened globular form, the bald head rising from a tall neck adorned with neck rings, heavy-lidded eyes under arched brows, a small nose, and pursed lips gently agape as if about to utter a word, flanked by small ears to the sides. The top and sides of the head applied with a raised spiral design.Art Loss Register: Certificate reference number S00266162 from 15 December 2025. A copy of this document is accompanies this lot.Provenance: Galerie Walu, Zürich, Switzerland. A private collection in Austria. Collection of Gerhard Merzeder (b. 1963), internationally published and acclaimed fashion and portrait photographer, Vienna, Austria, assembled since the 1980s. The family-owned Galerie Walu has been specialized in cultures of sub-Saharan Africa since 1957, supported by decades of hands-on experience in the African art market. Condition: Good condition with extensive wear and manufacturing irregularities. Old repairs to the top of the head. Holes from sample-taking to the chin and back of the neck.Weight: 2,038.8 g Dimensions: Height 27.5 cmThis funerary head (known as a Nkua in the Akan langauge) exemplifies two prominent forms of visual culture among the Akan-speaking peoples of Southern Ghana and Southeastern C?te d'Ivoire: objects made of clay, and those used in funerals. Clay artifacts are some of the most plentiful found in archaeological digs in the region. In funerary busts, unbaked clay and terracotta link the bust and the grave, both earthen constructs. Clay itself is sacred due to its association with Asaase Yaa, a female earth divinity.Terracotta heads such as this use different stylistic conventions from wooden Akan figurative sculptures, as artists of each medium stress different parts of the human anatomy. The manufacture of funeral busts likely spread from the seventeenth century with the expansion of the Akwamu empire. Indeed, the spread of artistic practices that accompanied circuits of war and trade during this period make it difficult to identify the origin of any particular busts without knowing its particular history. These busts are often naturalistic likenesses of a particular deceased person, although others are more abstract. Similar objects depict minor deities or serve as pot lids, and distinguishing such objects from funerary busts can be difficult without knowing how each object was used in its original context. Today, many Ghanaians use cement sculptures as grave markers, a practice that hearkens both to European and North American cemetery practices, but which also stems from the use of terracotta busts.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related terracotta Akan funerary bust, Ghana, 18.6 cm high, in the Center for African and African American Research, Duke University. Compare a closely related commemorative head, Mma, Twifo-Hemang district, Ghana, late 18th-early 20th century, 26.7 cm high, in the Art Institute Chicago, reference number 1995.24. Compare a closely related portrait head, Akan culture, dated 20th century, 30.5 cm high, in the Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, object number 2023.43.1.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's Paris, 2 December 2015, lot 52Price: EUR 52,500 or approx. EUR 63,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: Tête commémorative, Akan, GhanaExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and similar facial features and shape of the head. Note the size (35 cm).

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