Standing female figure

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.