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Fertility doll "akua ba" ·  Ghana, Fante · ID: 3040489

sold EUR 700
Provenance
New England Museum (Inv. No. “H1585”)
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
Size
H: 33,5 cm
H: 13.2 inch

Description

light brown wood, of characteristic form, facial features and scarification marks in pokerwork design, collection number “H1585” on the backside, min. dam., crack, base


The object Fertility doll “akua ba” with the object ID 3040489 was part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction on May 28, 2016. The object with the lot number 229 achieved a sales price of EUR 700 with an asking price of EUR 300.

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Expertise

Feranandez Leventhal Gallery, New York, Inv. #5151, 8 July 2004


Comparing literature

Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 38


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