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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Forest Spirit (sasabonsam)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Forest Spirit (sasabonsam)

Artist Osei Bonsu (Ghanaian, b. 1900 - d. 1977)
Date1944
Made/manufacturedAfrica
MediumCarved wood
Dimensions16 3/4 x 8 x 4 in. (42.5 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Lewis Berner and family
Object number2002.31.3
Collections
DescriptionStanding figure with human and animal features.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Drummer
Osei Bonsu
1944
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
maternity figure
Osei Bonsu
1944
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
fertility figure
Osei Bonsu
1944
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doll
Osei Bonsu
c. 1945
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Large male axe-head figure
Mexico, Guerro, Mezcala
300 - 100 B.C.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Male Figure
Costa Rican
undated
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Water Spirit Headdress (Pipligbo)
Kalabari Artist
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Divination basket (tuphele or tupele)
Luvale Artist
1973
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Mori no Taiyö or Forest Sunlight
Suzuki Osamu
circa 1960
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Clan Spirit Figure (ngwalndu)
Abelam
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Notched hacha of divine head
Totonac
450-750
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Architectural Head of Jaguar
Maya, Mexico, Northern Lowlands, Yucatan
800-1000

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