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Kwahu Shrine Head
Kwahu shrine heads come in a variety of sizes. The largest may exceed 60cms in height. At 33cms this wonderfully abstract example is about average in height although its neck is longer than most. When I acquired it the face was largely obscured from years of ritual applications of kaolin which made the features difficult to read. Judicious cleaning of the face revealed a beautiful surface of time burnished and often-washed black ceramic. The sculptors placement of the intense, high relief eyes, nose and mouth at extremes on the tilted visage give this head a unique and startling appearance.
