Fertility doll "akua ba" · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3040055
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Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandSize
H: 25,5 cm
H: 10.0 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint remains, strings of glass beads, oval face, drilled holes around rim for attachment of ornament, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Fertility doll “akua ba” with the object ID 3040055 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 222.
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