Zemanek-Münster

Fertility doll "akua ba"

Ghana, Ashanti
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

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