Fertility doll "akua ba" · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3037785
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Ursula Didoni, Stuttgart, GermanySize
H: 32,5 cm
H: 12.8 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, strings of glass beads, kaolin, typical form and facial features, sun-shaped emblem on the forehead, incised ornaments at the back, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Fertility doll “akua ba” with the object ID 3037785 was part of the auction 78th tribal art auction on October 18, 2014. The object with the lot number 259 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000 with an asking price of EUR 800.
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