Standing female figure ·  Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3033480

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.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3033480 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 277 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.

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Comparing literature

Cole, Herbert M., Ross, Doran H.,The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, p. 114, ill. 234