About the Artwork
Bust of Queen Mother
18th century
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African
Asante
Terracotta
Overall: 15 × 11 inches (38.1 × 27.9 cm) Mount: 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Museum purchase, Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund
2006.148
Public Domain
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Provenance
late 1960s, collected by Alex Van Gelder in (Ghana);purchased by C. van Roon (Belgium);
purchased by Neil Bolls (Chicago, Illinois, USA);
2000, acquired by (Yassine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA);
2006-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Funerary Arts in Terra-cotta.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, no. 1/4 (2017): p. 77 (fig. 4.3a-b).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Asante, African, Bust of Queen Mother, 18th century, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum purchase, Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund, 2006.148.
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