cma-african-art: Figure, 1800s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtA master female potter among the
cma-african-art: Figure, 1800s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtA master female potter among the Asante created this clay sculpture to commemorate the departed. While not a naturalistic portrait, this figure depicts features associated with the dead person such as coiffure or facial marks. The rolls of flesh on the neck are a widespread artistic convention for beauty, prosperity, and well-being. After placing the memorial in a sacred forest clearing, family members invoked the spirit of the departed and asked it to accept the sculpture and facilitate communications with ancestors.Size: Overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.)Medium: potteryhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1974.205 -- source link
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