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Seated female figure, Ghana, Fante, Size: H: 34 cm (H: 13.4 inch), ID: 3053194
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Lot 308
Auction 106

Seated female figure ·  Ghana, Fante · ID: 3053194

Not available anymore
Provenance
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 16 November 2029, lot 172
Size
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch

Description

wood, pigments, miniature glass beads, base

This figure was most probably part of a grouping of figures on a support for one of the popular “ntan” or “ompe” drums.

The object Seated female figure with the object ID 3053194 was last part of the auction Auction 106 at April 25, 2026 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 308.

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Comparing literature

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

Publications

AHDRC: 0161353

Africa
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