Pottery head in the form of a plaque with slight relief
- maker:
- Ashanti people
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicensePottery head in the form of a plaque with slight relief
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pottery head in the form of a plaque with slight relief, hollow circular neck forms base, placed on the graves of important people whose spirits were believed to reside in the heads, Ashanti tribe, gold coast, 1890-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657218
- type:
- memorial heads
