Ornament · Unique
Ancestor Pendant
An abstracted mask form, cast once in bronze from a mould that no longer exists.
$3,260 USD
Unique piece: one per cart across all options. Stock is not live; availability will be confirmed at checkout once connected.
- Materials
- Lost-wax cast bronze, Vegetable-tanned leather
- Origin
- Kumasi, Ghana
- Dimensions
- 9.4 cm tall
- Lead time
- Ready to view
- Edition
- Unique
- Shipping
- Rates and duties to be confirmed
The making
Modelled after Akan goldweight figures, the pendant reduces a face to three planes and a single line of breath.
The maker
Adwoa Mensah-Quaye
Atelier Kente Lane, Kumasi, Ghana
Trained in the casting yards of Krofofrom, Adwoa carves each model in beeswax before investing it in a clay and charcoal mould that is broken open, never reused.
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