serenata-existencialista.mp3

too many names, Brasil, this place is where the core of my soul resides. sinta-se em casa.

[clementiens]

[sheholdsyoucaptivated]

[garbage-empress]

this is the only day you can reblog this

[animalinvestigator]

well aren't you spoiled

[beepshroom]

sounds pretty based to me

[soupandcats-deactivated20241014]

I 💗 oil pastel

[unamusedyams]

Finally drew my fav weird girls🍍🛸

[aueua]

invitation.

[tryhumping]

[bad-kendi]

Ame meets KAngel!

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[despazito]

gret

[redidoodles]

[r00kiie]

muejejeje

[steveinaspeedo]

[hungwy]

*watches my only beloved son slide down this and crinkle up like a crushed soda can*

[horrorandhalloween]

[mokishie]

[artifacts-archive]

Memorial Head (Nsodie)

Akan peoples 17th–mid-18th century

This elegant terracotta head is a memorial portrait (nsodie) of an Akan ruler from present-day southern Ghana or southeastern Côte d'Ivoire. It is an idealized representation whose serene expression, well-balanced features, and striated neck suggest the positive qualities such rulers are expected to embody. Created posthumously, royal images like this one were placed with the portraits of previous rulers in sacred areas within the cemetery called asensie. Generally, each royal figure was accompanied by sculptures of courtiers and servants, perhaps to provide aid and comfort to the deceased in the afterlife. Together, they formed sculptural assemblages that honored and preserved the memory of these respected individuals and the chiefly lineages of which they were part. At certain times of the year, the asensie was the focus of prayers, libations, and other offerings that ensured the continuing support and protection of the ancestors.