Fertility doll "akua ba" · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3037935
sold
EUR 400
Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, three strings of glass beads, variation of the pure abstract form: facial features, breasts, navel and legs with naturalistic appeal, T-shaped arms allusively carved with hands, the common disc shape of the face restricted on the coiffure, slightly dam., minor missing parts, patina peeled off in parts
Comparing literature
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 38