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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)
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
Africa
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