Fertility doll "akua ba" ·  Ghana, Abron · ID: 3037385

Description

light brown wood, slightly shiny patina, remains of pigments, armless trunk, the columnar neck carved with rings, flat face with schematized facial features, min. dam., cracks, small missing part (head), acrylic base

The object Fertility doll “akua ba” with the object ID 3037385 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 88 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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Publications

Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 36