Memorial Portrait
date
about 1100-1499
creation place
Africa, Mali, Bamako
medium & support
Formed and sculpted terracotta
measurements
8 x 4 x 3 3/4 in. (20.32 x 10.16 x 9.53 cm)
credit line
Gift of David T. Owsley
accession number
2013.001.004
keywords
Africans, anatomy, art, artist, biology, body, burial rites, civilization, Corpo humano, corpse, culture, death, death-mask, family, head, human being, human figure, likeness, man, mask, memorial, mortuary toilet, nationality, occupations, offspring, portrait, race (human), Ripa, rite, sculpture, society, terracotta, toilet (making)
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