Standing female shrine figure · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3048149
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
German Collection (acquired 1970 / 71)Size
H:48 cm
H:18.9 inch
Description
wood, black paint, kaolin, glass beads, rest., base
On the beautiful and well restored figure remnants of white pigment can be found. The color white (“hyire”) is of great importance to the Akan, in the case of the shrine figures, it is intended to express the spirituality of the figure.
The object Standing female shrine figure with the object ID 3048149 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 206 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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