Dakakari
Funerary Sculpture
Dakakari, 20th century
Physical Qualities
Terracotta, 16 15/16 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (43 x 15 x 15 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Geneviève McMillan in Memory of Reba Stewart
Object Number
2008.163
The raw emotion sculpted onto the faces of these figures resonates with the human experience of pain, loss, and suffering. These artworks were created to memorialize the dead and heal the sick, and their vivid, emotional realism allows them to speak across time and space. Although their bodies may appear crude or unrefined, their emotions are all too real.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Geneviève McMillan by purchase (Omar), 1989.
Inscribed: On bottom of right foot, in white paint: "DK1".
