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Seated female figure, Ghana, Fante, Size: H: 34 cm (H: 13.4 inch), ID: 3046167
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Lot 172
93rd Tribal Art Auction

Seated female figure ·  Ghana, Fante · ID: 3046167

not available anymore
Provenance
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Size
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.

The object Seated female figure with the object ID 3046167 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 172.

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Comparing literature

Cole, Herbert M. & Doran H. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, p. 179

Publications

AHDRC: 0161353

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