Fertility doll "akua ba" · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3039479
sold
EUR 650
Provenance
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, BelgiumSize
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch
Description
wood, black patina, of typical form, coloured strings of glass beads, rep. (left arm), min. dam., minor missing parts, metal base
The object Fertility doll “akua ba” with the object ID 3039479 was part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction on October 31, 2015. The object with the lot number 286 achieved a sales price of EUR 650 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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Publications
van de Velde, Lucien & Joanna Teunen, Less is more, Antwerp 2010