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Nsodie

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Nsodie
Wuri
History and use
Opening17 century
Material(s) terracotta (en) Fassara

Kan Tunawa ko Nsodie wani nau'i ne na zane-zanen yumbu na karni na 17 zuwa 18 na mutanen Akan, wanda aka yi imanin cewa mata masu fasaha ne suka kirkiro su da ke nuna mutanen sarauta. Ana wakilta su a cikin tarin Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha[1][2] da sauran wurare.

Tarihin farko da halitta

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Kan Tunawa (Nsodie) a Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Metropolitan an ƙirƙira shi a cikin ƙarni na 17-tsakiyar 18th. An samo shi a Ghana, yankin gargajiya na Twifo-Heman daga mutanen Akan. Mutanen Akan ne suka umurce su da su tuna da sarakuna kafin su mutu. An yi tunanin cewa tsofaffin mata masu fasaha sun cika waɗannan kwamitocin.[3] An ajiye waɗannan kawunan a cikin kurmi na tunawa da ake kira asensie, ko kuma “wurin tukwane,” inda za a iya yin addu’o’i, da hadayu da kuma hadayu.[4][5]

Bayani da tafsiri

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Aikin yana nuna kan mutum kuma an yi shi da terracotta. Akwai bambancin ra’ayi game da ko shugabannin suna wakiltar firistoci, shugabanni, ko sarakunan sarauta ko kuma idan sun kasance abubuwan tunawa da ke ɗauke da hikima, gogewa da sanin muhimman mutane. Ana tunanin shugabannin za su tsara wasu siffofi na mutum kuma ba hoto ba ne na gaske.[6]

  1. "Memorial Head (Nsodie)". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  2. Vogel, Susan Mullin (1981). For Spirits and Kings: African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection (in Turanci). Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-267-4.
  3. "Nsodia (Funerary Portrait Head): Twifo Hemang". www.imodara.com. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  4. Pencak, William (February 2000). Povey, Thomas (late 1600s–early 1700s), British colonial official. American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0101165.
  5. "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  6. "Nsodia (Funerary Portrait Head): Twifo Hemang". www.imodara.com. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-06.