A fragmentary Koma-Bulsa terracotta head, "kronkronbua", modelled with large, rimmed relief eyes, open lips, jutting beard, and typical concave top of the head with grooved centre.
Supplied with stand.
 
Northern Ghana: Circa 12th-16th century.
 
Condition: Loss at top of left eye, surface abraded.
Height: 11.3 cms (4.4 ins). Height with base: 14 cms (5.5 ins)
 
Provenance: Estate of Dr. Walter Wallace, Princeton, NJ.
 
Kronkronbua, meaning "children from earlier times".
In the 1980s, the first figurines of this style were found in fired clay in the Upper West Region of Ghana, in the area now inhabited by the Koma (e.g., in Yikpabongo, Tantuosi, Wumobri) and the Bulsa (Builsa). Thermoluminescence age determinations dated the objects from the 13th to 18th centuries AD.