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Trophy head, 18th or 19th century (gold)

Trophy head, 18th or 19th century (gold)
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TWC5862240

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Trophy head, 18th or 19th century (gold)

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Akan School / Ghanaian

Location

Wallace Collection, London, UK

Medium

gold

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20x14.5x14 cms

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Akan (Ghana) gold head of Gyamanhene Adinkra or Bandahene Worosa. Funerary sculpture; bust of fallen foe sculpted in pur gold The prongs at the corners of the mouth represent the departure of the soul from the body. The trophy head is part of the fabulous golden treasure of King Kofi Kakari of Asante, and ancient kingdom in Ghana, West Africa; the treasure was seized by British soldiers on the orders of their commander, Field-Marshal Viscount Wolseley, during the Asante campaign of 1873.

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