Standing female figure · Ghana, Abron · ID: 3033835
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
Description
light brown wood, remains of kaolin, strings of coloured glass beads, face and body scarifications, conical headgear, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base;
the Abron belong to the ethnical group of the Akan inhabiting the greater part of southern Ghana and parts of central Ivory Coast. In woodcarvings the geographical locations of the Baule in the west and the Ashanti in the east can easily be seen: the result is an interesting and sometimes qualitatively significant mixture of styles.
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3033835 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 189.
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