Zemanek-Münster

Fertility doll "akua ba"

Ghana, Ashanti
sold EUR 1,600
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch

Description

brown wood, remains of black paint, unusually carved with legs, characteristic features: neckrings and disc-shaped head with compressed facial plane, min. dam., missing parts (heels), slight traces of abrasion, base


Comparing literature

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

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