Title

Head Plastic.

Physical Chareteristics
Head sculptures made of metal were set up on or at the royal ancestral altars, in some cases they served as holders for carved ivory teeth. The specialty of this object consists in a pumpkin-shaped head attachment. It could be a “medicine container” and thus the symbolic statement that the head of the royal or a person in the service of the king is under special (magical) protection.

 

Material: Brass

 

Dimensions: 38.5 x 17 x 19 cm