HEAD OF AN AFRICAN PRINCESS
 (1964)

Original Dimensions:
10" x 8" x 4"

Original Materials:
Queen Ebony

This head portrays a lot of the canons of beauty which comely women possess in society. The long neck, the high forehead and stately head are some of the marks of beauty in Ghanaian society. It does appear to visitors that the figure was originally meant to represent the sculptor's wife, Nana Oye.