Global InformationNsodie information
| Memorial Head | |
|---|---|
| nsodie | |
 | |
| Year | 17th century |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Accession No. | 1978.412.563  |
| Identifiers | The Met object ID: 311024 |
The Memorial Head or Nsodie is a type of ceramic portrait sculpture of the Akan peoples, believed to have been created in the 17th and 18th centuries by female artists to depict royal personages.
Examples are held in major collections, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[1][2]
- ^ "Memorial Head (Nsodie)". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ^ Vogel, Susan Mullin (1981). For Spirits and Kings: African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-267-4.