Standing female figure · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3033480
sold
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Sotheby’s New York, 17 November 2006, lot 209Size
H: 46,5 cm
H: 18.3 inch
Description
wood, fine deep and glossy blackened patina, white glass bead earring, classical features with scarifications on the cheeks, the coiffure composed of four spherical bulges, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base;
besides its sculptural beauty, the interest of the figure lies in the coiffure, which is rare among the Ashanti. It might be possible that the coiffure is an abstract representation of a group of terracotta pots carried by women on their head.
Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M., Ross, Doran H.,The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, p. 114, ill. 234