Fertility doll "akua ba" · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3037414
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
René David, Zurich, SwitzerlandBrigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 18 cm
H: 7.1 inch
Description
light wood, black paint, extraordinary type: a ball-shaped, arm- and legless body, long neck adorned with glass bead and fabric necklaces, surmounted by a flattened head with pointed chin, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, acrylic base
The object Fertility doll “akua ba” with the object ID 3037414 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 89 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600.
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Publications
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 36