Seated female shrine figure ·  Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3032115

Description

wood, middle brown patina, remains of black paint at the coiffure, a strong body with elongated forearms and nearly naturalistic modelled large hands, striking regular facial features with a self-contained expression, the right hand bowl-shaped, originally holding an egg - as symbol for fertility, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, small traces of insect caused damage (shoes, base of the stool)

The object Seated female shrine figure with the object ID 3032115 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 190 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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