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Memorial Head (Nsodie)

Gallery 136 · Akan artist · ca. 1800 · Met web page

Terracotta memorial head of an Akan queen mother from Ghana, featuring an elaborate multi-tiered coiffure with intricate carved details

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Gallery 137

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Gallery 137 → Gallery 136

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Nsodie (memorial head) of a queen mother by Akan artist

Walk through galleries 135 and 136, continuing through the Egyptian Art section to reach gallery 341 in the African Art wing.