Head / Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.105
- Title
- Head
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Object Creation Place
- Africa (continent)
- Cameroon (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Cameroon (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
- Dimensions
- 16.5 cm x 16 cm x 8 cm (6 1/2 in. x 6 5/16 in. x 3 1/8 in.)
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- head
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- figures (representations)
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1540 x 1590
- File Size
- 326 KB
- Record
- 2000/2.105
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.105/2000_2.105.jpg-2
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"Head; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.105/2000_2.105.jpg-2. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.