Standing female figure ·  Ghana, Abron · ID: 3038089

Description

wood, dark brown, partly shiny patina, strings of glass beads around neck and hips, flat head with reduced facial features, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, 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. This actual figure was probably used as a fertility figure.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3038089 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 220.

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