Koma Terra Cotta Funerary Figure

Beaked, bearded and wearing a chevron-lined chest, looking mildly offended.

This Koma terra cotta funerary figure is Koma, from Northern Ghana, West Africa. The Koma people of northern Ghana are known for terra cotta figures, and scholars continue to discuss how the works were originally made and used. Small head with swirled brow ridges, a pierced mouth and a pointed chin below a nose that sits flat. The chest carries V-shaped incised lines like a pleated collar. The color is a reddish-brown, with a slightly eroded, rough skin. It is 0.6 inches wide, 1.5 deep and 3.5 high.

Posture of a minor official who has just been contradicted.