Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

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Property from the Alex and Marie Manoogian Foundation

Akan-Twi Commemorative Head, Twifo-Hemang Region, Ghana

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Property from the Alex and Marie Manoogian Foundation

Akan-Twi Commemorative Head, Twifo-Hemang Region, Ghana

Height: 11 in (28 cm)

Terracotta

Milton Gross, Brooklyn, New York, acquired by 1972

Merton D. Simpson, New York, reportedly acquired in 1987

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1988

Detroit Institute of Arts, African Terra Cottas South of the Sahara, November 21, 1972 - January 21, 1973

Willis F. Woods, African Terra Cottas South of the Sahara, Detroit, 1973, n.p. (listed)

Irwin Hersey, "Les expositions. Terres cuites sub-sahariennes", Arts d'Afrique Noire, No. 6, Summer, 1973, p. 40

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