Female couple · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3038170
not available anymore
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.
Comparing literature
van der Pas, Kathy et. al. (ed), Aspects, Akan cultures in Ghana, The Hague 2001, p. 69