Seated female figure
· Ghana, Fante
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ID: 3046167
not available anymore
Provenance
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsSize
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
wood, polychrome painted, miniature glass beads, separately carved arms, base
Two figures by the same artist are shown in Cole & Ross (1977), p. 179, fig. 357. Another was auctioned at Zemanek-Münster on 29 June 2019 (lot 149).
This figure was most probably part of a grouping of figures on a support for one of the “ntan” or “ompe” drums that form the popular drum ensembles among the Fante.
Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Doran H. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, p. 179Publications
AHDRC: 0161353