Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandSize
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch
Description
wood, softly luminous brown patina, characteristic form, the long neck carved with rings corresponding to the Akans ideals of beauty, drilled holes, slightly dam., minor missing parts, abrasion of paint, base