Fertility doll "akua ba" · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3041146
sold
EUR 950
Provenance
Rolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), Gernsbach, GermanyLutz worked as medical doctor for the Basler Mission in Bawku, Agogo and Bechem in Ghana from 1958 to 1967.
Born in 1930 in Kaying, South China where his parents already worked for the Basel Mission, after his studies he knew that he would like to work as a missionary doctor as did his father. After graduation, he decided to choose Ghana. Beginning in 1958 he worked with his wife Eva-Maria, in a hospital in Bawku in the north of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso, as well as in Agogo and Bechem. In 1967, he returned with his family to Germany.
Size
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
wood, matt brown patina, remains of dark pigment, typical form, incised ornaments, min. dam., traces of abrasion
The object Fertility doll “akua ba” with the object ID 3041146 was part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction on November 5, 2016. The object with the lot number 234 achieved a sales price of EUR 950 with an asking price of EUR 450.
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