Lot 55
KRINJABO MEMORIAL HEAD
COTE D'IVOIRE
Auction: 30 November 2022 at 14:00 GMT
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
Description
terracotta, the neck ringed, scarificaton in relief on the cheeks and temples
Dimensions
18.5cm tall
Provenance
Private collection, United Kingdom
Footnote
Note:
"Krinjabo, now a town in southeastern Ivory Coast near Ghana, was established as a kingdom in the early eighteenth century when the Anyi peoples migrated there from Ghana. Clay heads and figures commemorating deceased members of the community are characteristic of this area, and were made by skilled women potters. The figures were placed with other funerary statue in special sanctuaries." (Robbins and Nooter, 2004, p 191)