Female couple · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3038170
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Provenance
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 13 Décembre 1999, Lot 151Size
H: 35 cm
39 cm
H: 13.8 inch
15.4 inch
Description
light brown wood, black paint, kaolin, strings with white/polychrome miniature glass beads, sitting on separate carved stools, carved with tribe-typical neck rings and facial scarifications, min. dam., missing parts (foot tips, left hand of one of the figures), cracks, traces of abrasion;
probably a pair of shrine figures.
The object Female couple with the object ID 3038170 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 231.
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Comparing literature
van der Pas, Kathy et. al. (ed), Aspects, Akan cultures in Ghana, The Hague 2001, p. 69