Standing figure with bell, Ghana, Akan, Osei Bonsu (1900-1977), Size: H: 36 cm (H: 14.2 inch), ID: 3044955

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Standing figure with bell, Ghana, Akan, Osei Bonsu (1900-1977), Size: H: 36 cm (H: 14.2 inch), ID: 3044955 - 3/6

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Standing figure with bell, Ghana, Akan, Osei Bonsu (1900-1977), Size: H: 36 cm (H: 14.2 inch), ID: 3044955 - 5/6

Standing figure with bell, Ghana, Akan, Osei Bonsu (1900-1977), Size: H: 36 cm (H: 14.2 inch), ID: 3044955 - 6/6

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Lot 166

90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

Standing figure with bell · Ghana, Akan, Osei Bonsu (1900-1977) · ID: 3044955

sold EUR 1,400

Provenance

German Private Collection

Size

H: 36 cm

H: 14.2 inch

Description

wood, black paint/ remnants of gold paint, rep., base

Osei Bonsu (1900-1977) is regarded as the greatest carver of the Ashanti, who, during his life time, worked for three Asantehene (supreme Chief of the Ashanti).

Comparing literature

Cole, Herbert M. & Doran H. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, p. 177

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